If you tuned in to watch Tom Brady and that big Sunday football game in early February, chances are you paid attention to the ads as much as the action. Mixed in with cars, tortilla chips and mortgages was a spot for Paramount +, a new streaming service hitting the market. Today, it seems like every few weeks, a new content provider launches an exclusive way to access entertainment. In the last year alone, we saw the introduction of Disney+, Peacock, HBO Max, and others.
This is good news for consumers who want exclusive access to content, good news for broadcasters who can charge a premium for access, and especially good news for hackers. Yep, hackers. Streaming services are an enticing target for cybercriminals who use malicious bots to grab your customer’s account information and then sell or even use it themselves to access other services.