Plex, Inc.

Streaming media platform Plex urged its users to change their passwords after it suffered a data breach.

The breach compromised a limited subset of data that includes emails, usernames, and encrypted passwords of the majority of its accounts.

The Plex did some additional reviews to ensure that the security of all of its systems is further hardened to prevent future incursion after a third party gained access to the system.

Source: https://techcrunch.com/2022/08/24/plex-streaming-breach-passwords/

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/plex-inc

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"type": "Breach",
"date": "08/2022",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "5",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization's existence"

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                        'name': 'Plex',
                        'type': 'Streaming Media Platform'}],
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                                              'encrypted passwords']},
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