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500px Data Breaches: Full Timeline Through 2026

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People search 500px data breach timeline because the brand sits on billions of accounts, credentials, and cloud workloads. BreachHistory indexes 3 500px-linked incidents, with headline counts up to 14.9M+ in catalog rows. This page maps every attested event through 2026 with internal links to canonical records.

Why 500px breach history matters

500px operates in Software (United States). Across indexed rows, recurring themes include mixed intrusion and disclosure events. Understanding the chronological pattern helps security teams, customers, and regulators separate confirmed disclosures from forum marketing.

Full timeline through 2026

2020 — — 14.9M records

Cataloged incident. Hacked. 14.9M records. Exposed categories include Names, emails, addresses, and other PII. BreachHistory cites approximately 149 affected records in this row. See the 500px2020 and canonical BreachHistory entry.

2020 — — 500px: Hacking, 14,870,304 records

Cataloged incident. Data breach reported. social networking organization. Method: hacked. Source: Wikipedia List of data breaches. Exposed categories include Personal and demographic data. BreachHistory cites approximately 14.9M+ affected records in this row. See the 500px2020-14870304-wiki2 and canonical BreachHistory entry.

2019 — 14.8M user records

Cataloged incident. 500px photo sharing platform leaked 14.8 million user personal data including usernames, emails, and hashed passwords. Exposed categories include Email addresses, Passwords (hashed), Usernames, Names. BreachHistory cites approximately 14.8M+ affected records in this row. See the 500px2019 and canonical BreachHistory entry.

Patterns and analysis

  • Mixed intrusion and disclosure events — appears across multiple 500px catalog entries; prioritize controls that address this class of failure.
  • Record-count hygiene — BreachHistory indexes actor-cited figures separately from company-confirmed totals; read each row's technicalWriteup before treating counts as fact.
  • 2026 monitoring — New disclosures roll into this timeline as they are verified or labeled unverified per catalog policy.

What to do if you may be affected

  1. Step 1: Enable phishing-resistant MFA on every account tied to this brand.
  2. Step 2: Use unique passwords and a password manager—breach rows often involve credential reuse.
  3. Step 3: Monitor official company breach notices and regulator filings, not dark-web downloads.
  4. Step 4: Bookmark the 500px company page for new 2026+ disclosures.

Canonical BreachHistory hub

Explore every indexed row: breachhistory.com/500px · Latest: 500px2020.

Sources: BreachHistory catalog (3 rows for 500px), company and regulator disclosures cited in individual breach records.