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Karna@lemmy.ml to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months ago

Important Notice of Security Incident

forums.plex.tv

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Important Notice of Security Incident

forums.plex.tv

Karna@lemmy.ml to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months ago
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We have recently experienced a security incident that may potentially involve your Plex account information. We believe the actual impact of this incident is limited; however, action is required from you to ensure your account remains secure. What happened An unauthorized third party accessed a limited subset of customer data from one of our databases. While we quickly contained the incident, information that was accessed included emails, usernames, securely hashed passwords and authentication ...

Additional read: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/plex-tells-users-to-reset-passwords-after-new-data-breach/

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  • floofloof@lemmy.ca
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    5 months ago

    Went there to update my password but got reminded what a horrible experience Plex is these days, so deleted my account instead.

    • Twotone@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      Same lol, using jellyfin now instead

    • Squizzy@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      I’ll probably get the lifetime pass after seeing how cumbersome setting up jellyfin is.

      • 𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚎𝚘𝚠@programming.dev
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        It takes fairly little effort to set up Jellyfin. I think there’s scripts these days that set up the entire arr stack for you in a matter of minutes.

      • kylian0087@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        Installing jellyfin is as easy as setting up any self hosted thing though… Just use docker compose if you want simplicity.

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    I am curious as to why people thing Plex is self hosting if Plex can change how your server functions? I have never personally considered it self hosting but do others still think it is?

    • femtek@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      Plex is self hosting, the auth is not.

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