Popular image sharing website Flickr confirmed it was hit by a cyberattack in which it lost sensitive data on a yet undisclosed number of customers.
In an email notification sent to its customers, Flickr said: “On February 5, 2026, we were alerted to a vulnerability in a system operated by one of our email service providers. This flaw may have allowed unauthorized access to some Flickr member information. We shut down access to the affected system within hours of learning about it.”
The data breached may have exposed full names, usernames, email addresses, IP addresses, general location data, Flickr account types and activity history.
The company immediately took action: They disabled access to the affected system, removed links to the vulnerable endpoint, alerted the third-party provider, requesting a full investigation, and notified the relevant data protection authorities.
Owned by SmugMug, Flickr is a photo sharing platform. It has 112 million registered users and millions of active photographers.
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