So plex just had it’s entire user database stolen from them. Maybe. Maybe not. So reset your password. But they aren’t going to make it manditory. So just what happened? Who’s the “unauthorized third party”?

Duddeeeee Plex has a similar hack like 3 years ago. Show me where Google has had customer passwords stolen twice in 3 years. So yeah I think they can do better!

Uh, I’m more hell bent on the American credit bureaus and how they managed to screw everyone with their very own subpar standards to the newest of low’s. Out of everything that Plex Inc. has done, changing passwords again is a nonissue for most. If you were sinking your teeth into Plex for their UI …

HELP, I changed my password as suggested. I can sign-in to the Media Server, but it can no longer find my content (media server) even though it is on the same computer. I’ve followed the instructions in the article (which, of course I can’t find now) to remove four lines from my registry (yes, I use…

[image] michaelsmith741: I can sign-in to the Media Server, You are not signing in to your server. You are signing in to your plex.tv account. But the password change has removed all devices from this account, including the server. You need to “claim” the server back into your plex account. …

FIXED. I was opening Plex Media Server from a browser, but not from the system tray. Once I used the tray it found my server

JohnAlex as far as I know isn’t a plex employee so your asking him questions he can’t answer.

Bad comparison. Google is a major company with dedicated security teams that comb for intrusions daily. The scale can’t compare for plex or most regular services. ■■■■ happens they’ll keep trying to do better. It’s like a random dude punching you in the face and stealing your watch. You can prepare …

That’s our ex plex employee for the win giving insightful info. :slight_smile:

That was a CVE for a known plex vulnerability. But it’s unclear if this and that incident are related with the theft of user login credentials.

So Plex was hacked, what now?

General Discussions

dokuro September 9, 2025, 7:42pm 46

@plex please stop editing Important Notice of Security Incident as it’s next to impossible to see what you are changing.

If you need to update it then please post a reply to the your announcement …

Topic		Replies	Views
Action required: Important notice of a potential data breach General Discussions	413	6719	December 14, 2022
[implemented] Two Factor Authenticator for Plex account Feature Suggestions	500	25857	June 20, 2021
[Implemented] Fix the gaping security holes Feature Suggestions	227	431	July 10, 2020
Can Plex staff and potenially Big Brother access my files now? General Discussions	67	8504	December 20, 2019
Security password reset General Discussions	98	2206	August 25, 2022

So Plex was hacked, what now?

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