News Summary:
On September 8th, a data breach affected a subset of users, exposing email addresses, usernames, and securely hashed passwords. This was confirmed by Plex in a forum post. The company later acknowledged this as a second major breach in two years, again involving unauthorized access to a limited subset of customer data, including email addresses, usernames, authentication tokens, and securely hashed passwords. Following the breach, Plex urged twenty-five million users to reset their passwords. Separately, Plex announced the addition of eight new free channels: Yahoo Sports Network, Game & Fish, Highway Thru Hell, MotoGP, Z Nation, Judge Nosey, Nosey, and Wicked Tuna.