US EditionPlex Admits Breach of Account Details, Hashed Passwords
Plex suffered a data breach exposing user emails and hashed passwords; the company urges password resets and two-factor authentication after fixing the vulnerability.
- In August 2022, Plex experienced a security incident where an unauthorized individual gained access to a portion of customer information, including account credentials and login details.
- The breach resulted from an unauthorized third party accessing one of Plex's databases, and it was almost identical to a previous attack.
- Plex quickly contained the incident, addressed the breach method, and advised all users to reset passwords at plex.tv/reset with device sign-out options enabled.
- Plex stated that passwords were securely hashed and inaccessible to unauthorized parties, no credit card information was compromised, and reported that the proportion of environments with compromised passwords increased to 46%, almost twice the 25% recorded the previous year.
- Plex is conducting additional security reviews, urging users to enable two-factor authentication, and stressing it will never request passwords or payment details via email to prevent future attacks.
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Plex suffers major data breach, urges users to reset their passwords
The company says all leaked passwords were protected with cryptographic hashing in line with industry best practices, meaning they cannot be read by unauthorized parties. Plex also confirmed that it does not store any credit card information on its servers, so no sensitive financial data was compromised in the breach.Read Entire Article
Plex issues warning to all users: Reset your password NOW as it confirms security breach
Plex, the immensely popular media streaming platform, says you must change your password immediately. The company just confirmed that hackers managed to access a database packed with email addresses, usernames, and encrypted passwords. If you rely on the same password and email address combination for multiple accounts — then you should change everything as quickly as possible to block criminals from accessing other services.The streaming servic…
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