Comment on Plex got hacked.

ramjambamalam@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  End of the day does it even matter? They’ve gotten a ton of other information including authentication data which is probably just as, if not more, useful/lucrative to them.

  From another source:

  Server owners will also have to claim their server again and possibly update it, as Plex has also announced that it had “made adjustments” that will temporarily prevent “regular” users from connecting to any Plex server they have been granted access to.

  The reason given is that too many Plex Media Server instances have yet to be updated to version 1.42.1, which contains a fix for a vulnerability (CVE-2025-34158CVE-2025-34158) that could be exploited remotely by authenticated users to gain access to the server and tamper with it and the data on it.

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  • BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    This part should have been a lot more visible and not just hidden as part of a generalized forum post. The error the individual users got doesn’t do anything to make it clear what the user or server owners need to do.

    As an intentional change by Plex, presenting basic guidance as to what the error theyve caused means should be the absolute bare minimum. This is the piece that annoys me most.

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• Eh_I@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Nevermind the credit cards, it’s the viewing habits they can sell that really make money.

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• Allero@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  The fact that this is a real IT question and not a culinary review is hilarious

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