It's Time to Change Your Plex Password

It's time to change your Plex password

If you prefer to roll your own streaming service, like I do, you might want to pay attention to a recent alert plopped online by Plex: due to a security breach, it's a good idea to change your password. An unauthorized third party accessed a limited subset of customer data from one of our databases. — Read the rest The post It's time to change your Plex password appeared first on Boing Boing.

Action required: Notice of a potential security incident

Please sign out of your devices ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  Dear Plex User, We have recently experienced a security incident that may potentially involve your Plex …

Plex says change your password after breach

Plex isn't sharing many details about the breach, but hashed passwords are out in the wild. Change 'em up, especially if you have the bad habit of repeating logins over different services.

Plex says change your password after security breach

Streaming platform Plex has millions of customers who are looking for alternatives due to the rapid increase in prices and advertising on conventional streaming media services. And, unfortunately, many of them are in for a nasty shock when they check their email. After a data breach, Plex is recommending that you change your password post haste. "Action required: Notice of a potential security incident," reads the subject line of the message tha…

Everything we know about the Plex data breach so far

Plex advised users to sign out of any connected devices that are currently logged in and enable two-factor authentication if they haven’t already.