<prompt> Human: I got an alert from my credit card company about an international charge today. That was a bit unusual since I havent left the country, or made any odd purchases. When I called Netflix, they informed me theyve gotten a rash of new accounts registered today, somehow linked to existing accounts. Some joker from Brazil sent himself a gift from my account, charging it to my existing credit card. It was also in an unusual amount- close to but not exactly my monthly charge. As I said, a bunch of these apparently happened today, as confirmed by both Netflix and Chase. So, I recommend checking your cc statements closely in case any additional information was compromised. I wound up getting a new cc card as well as un-linking my Netflix account from all existing devices. Stay aware!Assistant: Netflix doesnt store your billing information on your devices, so dont worry there. It sounds like what happened is thieves got a hold of a bunch of credit cards and used Netflix as a testing ground to see if the cards were valid. Netflix, like most online services, will pre-authorize the card when an account is signed up, letting the thieves know that the card is valid. They probably figure since Netflix is a commonly used service in the US, its less likely that people will notice an extra charge from Netflix versus some other service.The fact that they were linked to existing accounts was likely insomuch as the same credit card was used for both accounts, which I believe Netflix allows as long as you arent trying to get a free trial on the additional accounts.Human: Thanks. That makes sense. It hadnt occurred to me that the netflix connection may have had little to do with cc fraud. Insofar as linked devices go, I didnt mean to imply they stored cc numbers. That was simply part of the Netflix procedure in this case.  <response>: This might not be of any help but I saw this article a while back and it might be good to check your statement history 