At least they came clean about it even if it was 3 years late.
Image storage site Imgur has confessed to leaking 1.7 million user records in 2014. The company was advised of the breach by HaveIBeenPwned administrator Troy Hunt on November 23, 2017. To which, Hunt said this:
I guess so. Though one would argue that while they were quick to respond once the pwnage was pointed out to them, they had been pwned for about three years by the time they found out. That’s a bit of a #fail.
So you know what to do. Change your Imugr password to one that you don’t use anywhere else so that you can ensure the pwnage doesn’t get any worse.
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Imugr Pwned For 1.7 million user records in 2014… Yes… 2014!
At least they came clean about it even if it was 3 years late.
Image storage site Imgur has confessed to leaking 1.7 million user records in 2014. The company was advised of the breach by HaveIBeenPwned administrator Troy Hunt on November 23, 2017. To which, Hunt said this:
I guess so. Though one would argue that while they were quick to respond once the pwnage was pointed out to them, they had been pwned for about three years by the time they found out. That’s a bit of a #fail.
So you know what to do. Change your Imugr password to one that you don’t use anywhere else so that you can ensure the pwnage doesn’t get any worse.
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