The multimedia streaming and server platform Plex is warning its users that they must restore your passwords after having suffered a new data filtrationvery similar to the one in 2022. Both in that and in the current one, the attacker obtained user authentication information: email addresses, user names and passwords.
Plex says that Credit card data have not been committedsince they are not stored on their servers. The company claims to have solved the method used for intrusionalthough he did not share more technical details about the attack.
In the notification sent by email, Plex points out that ‘an unauthorized third party agreed to A limited subset of customer data From one of our databases. Although we quickly contained the incident, the information to which it was accessed included emails, user names and passwords with safe hashing ‘, collects The Verge. The company has not specified which regions affects data theft.
According to Plex, the passwords were stored following best practices, so They cannot be read directly by a third party. However, he has not revealed which Hashing’s algorithm used, which leaves open the possibility that attackers can decipher themsince not everyone offers the same level of security.
By ‘abundance of caution’, the platform recommends its users to restore its password in Plex.TV/reset and activate the option ‘Close session on devices connected after the password change’. This will force the closure of all active connections with old credentials, although will force you to log in again on all devices.
In the case of those who use a single login (SSO), the company suggests close all active sessions from plex.tv/secury, clicking on the button ‘Close session on all devices’which will also require re -introducing the credentials.
Plex also reminds its users to activate the two steps verification as an additional protection measure and emphasize that You will never ask for passwords or credit card data by email.
Plex is one of the most recent streaming platforms, although its origin dates back to 2008. During his first decade he was a software of Organization, reproduction and distribution of multimedia contentin style Kodi. In this aspect, it works like an average center where you can gather your own films, series, music, photos and homemade videos, to access them from any device (PC, mobile, smart TV, consoles, chromecast, etc.), both within the user’s domestic network and through the Internet.
To these functionalities added In 2019, your Free films and series service with advertising. The initial catalog was composed of agreements with studies such as Warner Bros., MGM and Lionsgate.
In 2020 He started offering Free streaming television channels. In Spain, it can be accessed by application and web to 249.