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Flickr: flaw at a third-party email service provider exposed member data
Flickr said a vulnerability in a system run by one of its third-party email service providers “may have allowed unauthorized access to some Flickr member...
- Disclosed
What happened
- Flickr said a vulnerability in a system run by one of its third-party email service providers “may have allowed unauthorized access to some Flickr member information”: names, emails, usernames, account types, IP addresses, general location and activity. No passwords or card numbers. Count not disclosed.
- Root cause: vulnerability at an unnamed third-party email provider.
- No attacker named.
- Access shut down within hours of learning of it on 5 Feb.
Sources
- https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/flickr-discloses-potential-data-breach-exposing-users-names-emails/
- https://www.cm-alliance.com/cybersecurity-blog/february-2026-recent-cyber-attacks-data-breaches-ransomware-attacks
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