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Plex

Data breachContained

Leak at Plex

On 9 September 2025, media-streaming software company Plex disclosed that an unauthorized third party had accessed one of its databases, exposing user emails, usernames, securely hashed passwords and authentication data, and forcing an account-wide password reset.

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Plex
Data breachResolved

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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