{"id":487457,"date":"2022-08-24T22:11:50","date_gmt":"2022-08-24T19:11:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/plex-had-a-data-breach-reset-your-password-now\/"},"modified":"2022-08-24T22:11:50","modified_gmt":"2022-08-24T19:11:50","slug":"plex-had-a-data-breach-reset-your-password-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/plex-had-a-data-breach-reset-your-password-now\/","title":{"rendered":"#Plex Had a Data Breach: Reset Your Password Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a22fa748839a\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a22fa748839a\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/plex-had-a-data-breach-reset-your-password-now\/#%E2%80%9CPlex_Had_a_Data_Breach_Reset_Your_Password_Now%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Plex Had a Data Breach: Reset Your Password Now&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CPlex_Had_a_Data_Breach_Reset_Your_Password_Now%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Plex Had a Data Breach: Reset Your Password Now&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div id=\"post-828312\">\n<div class=\"entry-content e-content\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"type:primaryImage alignnone size-full wp-image-807772\" data-pagespeed-no-defer=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Plex-logo-featured-image.jpg?width=1198&amp;trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"Plex logo\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Plex is a popular movie and TV streaming service, with the option to play content hosted from your own personal servers. However, Plex is now sending out emails explaining user data may have been accessed by a third party.<\/p>\n<p>Plex said in an email, \u201cyesterday, we discovered suspicious activity on one of our databases. We im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely began an investigation and it does <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ear that a third-party was able to access a limited subset of data that includes emails, usernames, and encrypted passwords. Even though all account passwords that could have been accessed were hashed and secured in accordance with best practices, out of an abundance of caution we are requiring all Plex accounts to have their password reset.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The company confirmed that credit cards and other payment information (Plex has a premium subscription available) are not affected, as Plex doesn\u2019t store that data on its own servers at all. Plex declined to tell <em>TechCrunch<\/em> how many people are affected by the security breach, other than \u201cthe majority of accounts.\u201d The company has also (so far) not announced the data breach on social media \u2014 Plex\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/plex\/status\/1562130266486984705\">most recent tweet<\/a> is promoting the show <em>ALF<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Plex has reportedly sent an email to all Plex users with instructions for resetting their passwords, but some complained the reset link <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Shodan822\/status\/1562373707280121856\">wasn\u2019t<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Fleebagprod\/status\/1562423133084086272\">working<\/a>. There are also reports that linking a Plex account to the TV apps <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/M_lleG\/status\/1562381214769709056\">is broken<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><small>Source: <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2022\/08\/24\/plex-streaming-breach-passwords\/\">TechCrunch<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><br \/>\n<!-- .entry-footer -->\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><script>\n setTimeout(function(){\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s) } (window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n   fbq('init', '335401813750447');\n   fbq('track', 'PageView');\n  },3000);\n<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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