I-Imgur ingenye yezingosi ezithandwa kakhulu emhlabeni. Le nkampani, eyadalwa ngo-2009, iqoqa izigidi zezindaba ezimelwe ezithombeni nsuku zonke. Kodwa-ke, njengoba kwenzeka kaningi kunokujwayelekile, le nkampani wahlukumezeka kakhulu eminyakeni edlule "U-2014 ube ngqo." Futhi kuze kube yizinsuku ezimbalwa ezedlule lapho babona khona ukuhlaselwa kwamakhompyutha.
Indaba ibuyela emuva kuNovemba 23. Inkampani ithola i-imeyili endlunkulu yayo futhi ifundwa yi-COO (Chief Operating Officer). Kulapho umuntu ophetheyo abona ukuthi ukuhlasela kwahlupheka eminyakeni edlule futhi kuthinta izigidi zama-akhawunti womsebenzisi.
Ntambama ngoNovemba 23, uTroy Hunt, obhekele ikhasi «Ngabe ngishayiwe»Futhi uchwepheshe walolu hlobo lodaba, wazisa inkampani nge-imeyili. Ukusabela kwakushesha, njengoba Lesi saziso sitholwe yi-COO ye-Imgur bese yena wazisa uMsunguli kanye ne-CEO yenkampani.
Ngokushesha bathintana nomphenyi ukuthola eminye imininingwane nokuthola ukuthi ubukhulu be-hack buye kanjani. Kusekuseni ngoNovemba 24 lapho befika esiphethweni sokuthi Ama-akhawunti womsebenzisi ayisigidi esingu-1,7 athintekile. Ngamanye amagama, amagama abasebenzisi namaphasiwedi ayizigidi eziyi-1,7 ayengozini.
Qhubeka ngokushesha ku Ngisetha kabusha wonke la ma-akhawunti futhi ngithinte abasebenzisi kuthinteke ukuthi bashintshe iphasiwedi yabo ukufinyelela insiza ye-Imgur. Ngokufanayo, inkampani ithi kubhulogi yayo yenkampani ukuthi abasebenzisi akumele besabe noma yini, ngoba idatha kuphela abangayiqoqa ngama-imeyili negama, ukuphela kwento eceliwe kubhaliso.
Yize uphenyo lusavulekile, kusuka ku-Imgur uqobo babheja ukuthi ukungena kwi-database yabo kungabangelwa ukubethela kwe-SHA-256, enye yezibophezele kakhulu ezikhathini zamuva. Yize ngonyaka odlule i-2016 ibuyekezelwe i-algorithm yokubethela enamandla kakhulu.