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2014 — Imgur: Image-hosting website Imgur discovered at the end…

2014 1.7M records affected Share on X

Data compromised

Personal information

Technical writeup

Image-hosting website Imgur discovered at the end of last week that hackers broke into its systems in 2014, and stole the account details of some 1.7 million registered users.Imgur found out about the historic hack when HaveIBeenPwned‘s Troy Hunt contacted the company on Thursday 23 November, which was a national Thanksgiving holiday in the United States.On November 23, Imgur was notified of a potential security breach that occurred in 2014 that affected the email addresses and passwords of 1.7

Root cause

Hacking

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