QNAP security incident history
Hacking, data breaches and other security incidents involving QNAP, with related coverage.
Incidents: 1 · Most recent
Plex flaws exploited to install miners and proxies on QNAP NAS devices
Impact: Some users' NAS devices compromised; number of affected devices not disclosed
Plex Media Server running on QNAP NAS devices was compromised through the Plex2Shell exploit chain. Attackers remotely executed malware without authentication and installed cryptocurrency miners and residential proxy programmes on some devices. QNAP recommended updating to the latest version and said it was supporting affected users, with no confirmed data loss.
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