This simple trick will tell you if your Netflix account has been HACKED

NETFLIX usernames and passwords are being sold online for less than £1, but there's a quick trick to find out whether you have fallen pray to hackers.

 

 

If you are a paying Netflix customer, you might have passed on your account details to a few close family members or friends. 

Netflix is perfectly happy for you to share your account email and password with your nearest and dearest – but isn't so keen on those details being shared online.

Unfortunately it's all too common for Netflix logins to be sold on the Dark Web, alongside credit card information, and Uber accounts.

A recent report by cyber security firm McAfee Labs revealed you can buy access to stolen Netflix accounts online for as little as 30p.

Luckily, there is an easy way to make sure every viewer using your account is accounted for.

 

Netflix lets customers look back through every show and movie every watched on the account

See Recent Account Access shows where your Netflix login has been used

Launch Netflix in your chosen web browser, then tap the name associated with your account, found in the top right-band corner of the homepage and hit Your Account from the dropdown menu.

If you're using the mobile app, tap the three-layer hamburger button in the top-left and scroll down to Account.

Navigate to Viewing Activity, found in the My Profiles menu, and you will see a list of all of the television shows and movies you have recently watched.

Any shows you don't recognise could be a sign of some suspicious activity on your account.

Finally, you can also hit See Recent Account Access to view where your Netflix login has been used.

 

This menu shows when, where and which devices have been used to access your account.

If you suspect foul play then head to your account page, and select Sign Out Of All Devices.

This logs out every device – including anyone piggybacking on your account.

 

Quickly signing out of all your devices will leave hackers out in the cold

 

You can then change your password (but not to any of THESE) and block any future attacks on your account.

Always create a unique password for every one of your online accounts.

For example, take the first letter of each word in your favourite song lyric, phrase or poem – and use those letters, which appear like a random jumble, as your password.

A password manager is another way to generate and securely store unique passwords with letters, symbols and numbers.

But even these aren't always secure.