I-Imgur yenye yeephothali zemifanekiso ezidumileyo kwihlabathi. Inkampani, eyadalwa kwi-2009, iqokelela izigidi zamabali amelwe kwimifanekiso yonke imihla. Nangona kunjalo, njengoko kuqhelekile ukuba njalo kunesiqhelo, le nkampani wafumana i-hack enkulu kwiminyaka eyadlulayo -2014 ukuba ngqo-. Kwaye akuzange kube kwiintsuku ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo ukuba baye baqaphela ukuhlaselwa kwekhompyutha.
Ibali libuyela kwi-23 kaNovemba yokugqibela. Inkampani ifumana i-imeyile kwikomkhulu layo kwaye ifundwa yi-COO (iGosa eliyiNtloko lokuSebenza). Kuxa umntu ophetheyo eqonda uhlaselo lwabandezeleka kwiminyaka eyadlulayo kwaye oko kuchaphazela izigidi zeeakhawunti zabasebenzisi.
Ngenjikalanga ye-23 kaNovemba, uTroy Hunt, onoxanduva lwephephaNgaba ndiPwned»kunye nengcali kolu hlobo lomcimbi, yazisa inkampani nge-imeyile. Ukusabela ngokukhawuleza, ekubeni Esi saziso sifunyenwe yi-COO ye-Imgur kwaye emva koko wazisa uMseki kunye ne-CEO yenkampani..
Bakhawuleza baqhagamshelane nomphandi ukuze bafumane ulwazi oluthe kratya kwaye bafumanise ubungakanani be-hack. Kungentseni ye-24 kaNovemba xa befikelela kwisigqibo sokuba I-1,7 yezigidi zeeakhawunti zabasebenzisi zichaphazelekile. Oko kukuthi, i-1,7 yezigidi ze-usernames kunye ne-passwords zisengozini.
Siqhubekeka ngokukhawuleza seta kwakhona zonke ezi akhawunti kwaye uqhagamshelane nabasebenzisi abachaphazelekayo ukutshintsha igama lokugqitha labo ukufikelela kwinkonzo ye-Imgur. Ngokufanayo, inkampani ithi kwiblogi yayo yenkampani ukuba abasebenzisi akufanele boyike nantoni na, kuba idatha kuphela abanokuyiqokelela i-imeyile kunye negama, yinto kuphela eceliwe ekubhaliseni.
Nangona uphando lusavuliwe, I-Imgur ngokwayo ibheja ukuba ukungena kwi-database yayo kunokuba ngenxa ye-SHA-256 encryption., enye yezona zizinikele kakhulu kumaxesha akutshanje. Nangona kunyaka ophelileyo i-2016 yahlaziywa kwi-algorithm yokubethela enamandla ngakumbi.