We immediately began an investigation and it does appear that a third-party was able to access a limited subset of data that includes emails, usernames, and encrypted passwords. Yesterday, we discovered suspicious activity on one of our databases.

While we believe the actual impact of this incident is limited, we want to ensure you have the right information and tools to keep your account secure. We want you to be aware of an incident involving your Plex account information yesterday. Plex this morning emailed all users to advise them that a third party was able to access “a limited subset of data,” but did not reveal how many accounts were affected. The issue was compounded by Plex servers not having sufficient capacity to cope with the number of users attempting to do so, and a series of other problems … The scale of the security failure is not yet known, but the company is requiring all users to change their passwords. Instead of checking in from your phone of the website, this plugin runs in the background and automatically scrobbles back to Trakt while you enjoy watching your media.A Plex data breach has exposed usernames, email addresses, and encrypted passwords. Scrobbling simply means automatically tracking what you’re watching. Learn more and install from the Plex website. It’s finally possible to enjoy all the media you love in a single app, on any device, no matter where you are. Enjoy Live TV & DVR, a growing catalog of great web shows, news, and podcasts. Your personal collection will look beautiful alongside stellar streaming content. Plex brings together all the media that matters to you. Discover new shows and movies, follow people with similar tastes and voice your opinion by using the Trakt website or one of the many apps built using our API. It integrates with media centers (like Plex) to enable scrobbling, so everything is automatic. Trakt is a platform that does many things, but primarily keeps track of TV shows and movies you watch. Once set up, everything runs automatically in the background. The Plex scrobbler uses Plex Pass webhooks to automatically scrobble what you’re watching, rating, and collecting from Plex to Trakt.

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