Plex Confirms Data Breach Exposing User Emails, Passwords

Plex, a popular media streaming platform, recently experienced a security breach where an unauthorized third party accessed a limited subset of customer data including emails, usernames, and securely hashed passwords. Although the passwords were hashed and thus unreadable by the attacker, Plex is urging all users to reset their passwords immediately and enable the option to sign out connected devices to enhance account security. The company confirmed no credit card information was compromised, as such data is not stored on its servers. Plex has addressed the breach method and is conducting further security reviews to prevent future incidents. Users are also encouraged to enable two-factor authentication for additional protection and warned that Plex will never request passwords or credit card details via email. While the impact is believed to be limited, Plex stresses that these precautionary measures are necessary to safeguard user accounts.