[joshmn]

Laughing at some of this reporting.

> More than 4,000 customer accounts appeared in the search

To clear this up:

No, not true. The software in the screenshot called Open Bullet and it's basically a request builder for Selenium (ok it's more than that but you get the idea). You add in lists of usernames/passwords (from database dumps) and it runs your script. You have success/fail reporting, and that's where you get "Hits: 4"

> Ads on the dark web for stolen Disney+ accounts

That's a sellers page from shoppy.gg — not the dark web.

[rvz]

While you are correct, the BBC are 'really trying' their best to explain this disaster to the average John and Jane. But again they are still in the middle-ages when it comes to mentioning the technical side of these 'attacks'.

Says pretty much a lot about them when it comes to technology in general.

[joshmn]

I understand that. I wish that they would at least correct the first photo of the combos. Saying that there are 4000 accounts when there are 4 is misleading. "A hacker checking the logins of 4,000 potential accounts" is better and more accurate subtext.

[AshwinDurairaj]

I'm laughing too.

Its all opportunistic as Disney+ is hot on the news right now. Wait till they find out that these tools are cracking Hulu, Reddit etc etc, probably also the BBCs own site. And I guarantee the net is more than 4000 for them.

[pcroh]

Well... it's the BBC. What did you expect?