Streaming platform Plex has millions of customers who are looking for alternatives due to the rapid increase in prices and advertising on conventional streaming media services. And, unfortunately, many of them are in for a nasty shock when they check their email. After a data breach, Plex is recommending that you change your password post haste.

“Action required: Notice of a potential security incident,” reads the subject line of the message that hit my personal inbox last night. According to Plex, “An unauthorized third party accessed a limited subset of customer data from one of our databases.” Email addresses, usernames, and “securely hashed passwords” are among the data lost, though Plex says the incident was “quickly contained.”

Plex isn’t saying a whole lot about what happened, and

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