Imgur was hacked: 1.7 million emails and passwords compromised

Imgur is one of the most famous websites to share, upload and download images. The company just revealed that they were the victim of a hack on their servers in 2014. This resulted in the theft of information from 1.7 million users of the famous platform. So the emails and their passwords were exposed. This same weekend a list was drawn up of the emails stolen in this attack on Imgur.

Imgur was hacked: 1.7 million emails and passwords compromised

Have I Been Pwned? He uploaded a list of affected emails and it was later revealed that they belong to the Imgur hack. After publishing this information on the web, they contacted Imgur, who reacted immediately and have taken action.

Imgur takes immediate action

The popular website has acted quickly and proceeded to reset all affected accounts. An email was sent to users confirming that such a hack occurred. They are also asked to change their passwords as soon as possible, both on the platform and in other places where they have used or are using the same combination.

So far it is not known very well what has happened. They have simply confirmed that this hack has occurred and that the stolen information consists only of emails and passwords. Mainly because it is the only information that the web requests from its users. The data has also been known to be under the SHA-256 algorithm.

Although the website assures that in 2016 they changed to the encryption algorithm ' bcrypt '. That it is a more solid and secure option. They have also confirmed that they have already sent documents of this hack to the authorities for an initial investigation. So surely in the coming weeks we will know something more about this hack to Imgur.