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Plex

Disclosed Feb 8, 201610 years ago327,314 accountsUnverified

In July 2015, the discussion forum for Plex media centre was hacked and over 327k accounts exposed . The IP.Board forum included IP addresses and passwords stored as salted hashes using a weak implementation enabling many to be rapidly cracked.

What is known

People affected327,314 (accounts in the leaked data, per Have I Been Pwned)
DisclosedFeb 8, 2016
HappenedJul 2, 2015
AttackHacking
Data exposedEmails, IP addresses, Passwords
SectorTech
StatusUnverified: not yet confirmed by an official notice, a filing or the organization
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Sources

Source
Have I Been Pwned: Plexhaveibeenpwned.com · Aggregator

Notices filed

WhereFiledPeople
Have I Been Pwnedaccounts in the dataFeb 8, 2016327,314

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BreachAffected
Plex user database breach exposes emails and hashed passwordsSep 8, 20251 year agoHackingUnverifiedUnknown
Plex resets passwords after database breach exposes emails and hashed passwordsAug 24, 20224 years agoHackingUnverifiedUnknown
History of this record
  • 2026-09-25 · added · backfill source

First seen 2026-09-25 (Have I Been Pwned). Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.

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