Plex Issues Urgent Warning To Reset Passwords After Another Data Breach

Plex, the popular tool that enables users to stream their own media, has suffered another data breach and is urging users to change their passwords. This isn’t the first time the company has suffered a data breach of this kind, as it suffered a similar incident back in 2022.

In a post on its community forums, the company says that “an unauthorized third party accessed a limited subset of customer data from one of our databases.” The information accessed includes usernames, e-mails, authentication data and passwords. The passwords do at least seem to have been securely hashed, which should make it more difficult for attackers to access them. However, even with this security measure, users should update their passwords as soon as possible.

The method the attackers used to get into Plex’s systems has been addressed, and the company is “undergoing additional reviews to ensure that the security ...