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Plex urges users to change passwords after data breach


Customers are urged to take action after a database containing scrambled passwords and authentication information was compromised.

Streaming giant Plex is urging its customers to change their passwords after it disclosed a data breach of one of its user databases. The company said in a post on Monday that it was aware of a security incident involving the theft of Plex customer account information, including user names, email addresses, scrambled passwords, and unspecified authentication data. When reached by email, Plex spokesperson Jessica Finn did not provide answers to TechCrunch by press time.

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