imgur data breach
The imgur breach happened on September 1, 2013 and exposed 1,749,806 accounts. 2 kinds of data were exposed.
Overview
- Site
- imgur.com
- Breach date
- September 1, 2013
- Recorded on
- November 25, 2017
- Accounts exposed
- 1,749,806
- Exposed data
- Email addresses, Passwords
- Risk score
- 64 out of 100
Risk based on the exposed data
This breach scores 64 out of 100. The score is driven mostly by Passwords, Email addresses.
The risk score is a guide to how dangerous a breach is, judged by the kinds of data exposed. The number of accounts is not included.
Breaches from the same period
- Yatra (2013-09-01, 5,033,997 accounts)
- Win7Vista Forum (2013-09-03, 202,683 accounts)
- Crack Community (2013-09-09, 19,210 accounts)
What affected users should do
- Change your imgur password, and also change it on any other service where you used the same password. You can create a new one with the password generator.
- Turn on two-factor authentication for your login.
This site organizes publicly available information about data breaches. Data as of July 4, 2018. Breach dates are as originally listed; when only the month is known, the date is recorded as the 1st.