The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Imgur on November 24, 2017. The breach occurred on January 1, 2014, affecting personally identifiable information (PII), including email addresses, phone numbers, and passwords, which may have been compromised. The company required users to reset their passwords as a response action.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-113864
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/imgur
"id": "img838072625",
"linkid": "imgur",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "1/2014",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Technology',
'name': 'Imgur',
'type': 'Company'}],
'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'type_of_data_compromised': ['email addresses',
'phone numbers',
'passwords']},
'date_detected': '2017-11-24',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2017-11-24',
'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
'breach involving Imgur on November 24, 2017. The breach '
'occurred on January 1, 2014, affecting personally '
'identifiable information (PII), including email addresses, '
'phone numbers, and passwords, which may have been '
'compromised. The company required users to reset their '
'passwords as a response action.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['email addresses',
'phone numbers',
'passwords']},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2017-11-24',
'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'response': {'remediation_measures': ['Required users to reset their '
'passwords']},
'title': 'Imgur Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}