Imgur ɗayan shahararrun ƙofofin hoto ne a duniya. Kamfanin, wanda aka ƙirƙira shi a cikin 2009, yana tattara miliyoyin labaran da ke cikin hotuna a kowace rana. Koyaya, kamar yadda yake yawanci lamarin yafi sabawa, wannan kamfanin sha wahala mai yawa hack shekaru da suka wuce "2014 ya zama daidai." Kuma sai da yan kwanaki da suka gabata suka farga da harin na’ura mai kwakwalwa.
Labarin ya koma Nuwamba 23. Kamfanin yana karɓar imel a hedkwatarsa kuma COO ne ya karanta shi (Babban Jami'in Gudanarwa). Yana da lokacin da mai kula ya fahimci harin da aka sha wahala shekaru da suka gabata kuma ya shafi miliyoyin asusun masu amfani.
A yammacin ranar Nuwamba 23, Troy Hunt, ke da alhakin shafin «Shin an yi mani lama»Kuma masani a irin wannan al'amarin, yana fadakar da kamfanin ta hanyar email. Abin da aka yi ya yi sauri, kamar yadda Wannan sanarwar ta COO ta Imgur ce ta gano wannan kuma ya sanar da Wanda ya kafa shi da kuma Shugaba na kamfanin.
Suna hanzarta tuntuɓar mai binciken don samun ƙarin bayani da kuma gano yadda girman fashin ya kasance. Da safiyar ranar 24 ga Nuwamba ne idan suka kai ga cewa Asusun masu amfani miliyan 1,7 ne abin ya shafa. Watau, an yi amfani da sunaye da kalmomin shiga miliyan 1,7.
Da sauri ci gaba zuwa sake saita duk waɗannan asusun kuma ku sami alaƙa da masu amfani abin ya shafa cewa sun canza kalmar sirri don samun damar sabis ɗin Imgur. Hakanan, kamfanin ya faɗi a cikin shafinsa na kamfanoni cewa masu amfani kada su ji tsoron komai, tunda kawai bayanan da za su iya tattarawa su ne imel da suna, shi ne kawai abin da ake buƙata a cikin rajista.
Kodayake binciken har yanzu a bude yake, daga Imgur kanta suna faɗin cewa kutse cikin rumbun adana bayanan na iya zama saboda ɓoyayyen SHA-256, ɗayan mafiya kwazo a cikin timesan kwanakin nan. Kodayake shekarar data gabata ta 2016 an sabunta shi zuwa algorithm mai rufin asiri mai karfi.