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Plex data breach (2015)

In July 2015, the discussion forum for Plex media centre was hacked and over 327k accounts exposed. The IP.Board forum included IP addresses and passwords stored as salted hashes using a weak implementation enabling many to be rapidly cracked.

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Plex
records
327.3K
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Imported from Have I Been Pwned — pending editorial review and translation to French. The summary below is machine-extracted; consult the source for details.

In 2015-07-02, Plex was affected by a data breach. Approximately 327,314 accounts were exposed. In July 2015, the discussion forum for Plex media centre was hacked and over 327k accounts exposed. The IP.Board forum included IP addresses and passwords stored as salted hashes using a weak implementation enabling many to be rapidly cracked.

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  1. haveibeenpwned.comhttps://haveibeenpwned.com/PwnedWebsites#Plex
  2. plex.tvhttps://plex.tv

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