Plex hacked – change your password
Plex.tv’s webservers that host its blog and forums have been compromised, and the company has asked users to change their password.
“We are still investigating, but as far as we know, the attacker only gained access to these parts of our systems. Rest assured that credit card and other payment data are not stored on our servers at all,” said Plex.
Those who received an e-mail from Plex informing them of the breach have a forum account which is linked to a plex.tv account, the software maker said.
“The attacker was able to gain access to IP addresses, private messages, email addresses, and encrypted forum passwords (in technical terms, they are hashed and salted).”
“Despite the password encryption measures, we take your privacy and security very seriously, so as a precaution, we’re requiring that you change your password.”
Plex said it will post more information about the matter on its blog shortly.
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