The IT Nerd

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 want to recognise @imgur's exemplary handling of this: that's 25 hours and 10 mins from my initial email to a press address to them mobilising people over Thanksgiving, assessing the data, beginning password resets and making a public disclosure. Kudos! https://t.co/jV8MDscXLT

— Troy Hunt (@troyhunt) November 25, 2017

This is really where we're at now: people recognise that data breaches are the new normal and they're judging organisations not on the fact that they've had one, but on how they've handled it when its happened https://t.co/zV5YLa8hKQ

— Troy Hunt (@troyhunt) November 25, 2017

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.