Plex hacker demands Bitcoin ransom for return of data
Video streaming service Plex has reset user passwords after it was breached by a hacker who threatened to release stolen data unless he's paid a ransom.
Jeremy Kirk | 03 Jul | Read more
Video streaming service Plex has reset user passwords after it was breached by a hacker who threatened to release stolen data unless he's paid a ransom.
Jeremy Kirk | 03 Jul | Read more
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David Braue | 15 Jun | Read more
Plex gave its users an important security upgrade last week. The home media streaming platform announced all its users are getting free SSL certificates, enabling them to connect to their media over an encrypted HTTPS connection. The new feature is a partnership with certificate authority DigiCert. Plex says the project is "one of the largest implementations of publicly trusted certificates, ever."