Take a long, satisfying gulp of wine (or your preferred beverage) and click Delete at the bottom of the screen. On Hulu, go to Account > Profile, then click on the offender. Eep!įinally, get some closure by deleting the new profile. Sure enough, my email address (and several of my passwords) had been linked to seven different security breaches. It may be circulating around the internet: You can check on Have I Been Pwned to see if your email has been compromised in a major security breach.Ī security breach is when your email, password, account name, credit card information or any other data stored on a website is illegally accessed by hackers and released to the public. You may also want to change the email address you use to log in.
Sharon Profis has a great article on how to choose a good password, in case you need help.
Make sure your password is something, good, too. Next, change your password ASAP, before the trickster tries to log back in. On Hulu, go to your accounts page, click Protect Your Account and click on Log Me Out of Other Computers. Then, for good measure, go back to the account settings and click on Sign Out of All Devices on Netflix. Who are you and why are you using my account? I don't have an Apple TV and neither do any of my friends. When you find one, delete that sucker! I found a login from Apple TV and another by someone called Trinicracker. On Netflix, go to Account and click on Manage Download Devices. If you're on Hulu, go to Account and tap on Manage Devices. Now that you're good and riled up, check your devices to see if anyone's logging in from somewhere strange. "Tokyo Ghoul" and "Attack on Titan"? I'm more of an "Archer" and "Family Guy" fan when it comes to animation. Hmm.Īnother sign is new shows popping up in your list that you'd never watch. I also noticed that my home device information kept getting changed. The new profile that appeared on Hulu all of a sudden was named "TF." TF is right! Who the F was on my account?!īefore you get all paranoid, make sure the new profile wasn't made by your BFF or some other person you told your password to.Īfter harassing my friends and family I discovered that no one had made the suspicious account.
The biggest red flag that your account is being used by someone else is when a new profile pops up.
If your Hulu or Netflix account is as near and dear to you as most of your friends, you can just imagine how hurt and violated I felt when my Hulu account was hacked recently.īut it led me to do some research on how to know if your account is hacked and how to get back control. How do you know if someone hacked your Hulu? Look at the profiles.