Imgur isn't safe right now, shouldn't reddit admins be banning imgur until they fix their vulnerability?

57  2015-09-22 by Flytape

Petition to ban the linking of imgur.com on reddit until their security vulnerability is patched.

Please spread the word and boycott imgur until this matter has been resolved.

10 comments

9  AssuredlyAThrowAway 2015-09-22

Petition to ban imgur on /r/conspiracy first!

9  MrGrim 2015-09-22

I'm with Imgur and this has been patched as of yesterday evening. Specifically, someone managed to upload an HTML file with malicious JavaScript inside of it that targeted 8chan. We patched this bug and it's no longer possible to upload those files. We're also not serving those bad files anymore and everything is back to normal. From what we know now, the attack only target users of the /r/8chan subreddit if you viewed the bad image. As a precaution we recommend that you clear your browsing data, cookies, and localstorage, especially if you're also an 8chan user.

We take this extremely seriously and our team is all over it and still learning. I'll be posting updates as I have more to share.

The official statement is on our blog: http://imgur.com/blog/2015/09/22/imgur-vulnerability-patched/

4  Flytape 2015-09-22

Thanks for the outreach, I had already found your blog post and posted the update here

https://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/3lyig8/imgur_vulnerability_patched_update/

1  nandryshak 2015-09-22

I'm with Imgur

That's a bit of an understatement!

4  conspiracy_thug 2015-09-22

Reddit owns imgur and they cried rivers when /r/fatpeoplehate pointed out the fact that everyone, including the office dog, who worked there was fat.

Why would you expect reddit to block imgur?

It's like telling your cuckold wife she can't have her bull for a week.

2  SistaSabuda 2015-09-22

https://i.4cdn.org/pol/1442890050651.png

2  LetsHackReality 2015-09-22

They're all part of the same machine, silly.

1  Thothx3 2015-09-22

What exactly is the issue?

A vulnerability while simply viewing hosted content from the site?

Edit: my bad.... Sista Sabuda's post in this thread explains.

1  Yvins 2015-09-22

It's fixed now.

1  gnovos 2015-09-22

Yeah, except that they fixed the issue already.

4  Flytape 2015-09-22

Thanks for the outreach, I had already found your blog post and posted the update here

https://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/3lyig8/imgur_vulnerability_patched_update/

1  nandryshak 2015-09-22

I'm with Imgur

That's a bit of an understatement!