Flickr Notifies Users of Data Breach After External Partner Security Flaw

**Flickr notifies users of a vendor-related data exposure** — On February 5, 2026 Flickr was alerted to a security flaw in a third-party email service that may have exposed member real names, email addresses, activity logs, IP addresses/geolocation, usernames, and account types; passwords and payment data were reported unaffected. Flickr disabled the compromised system, notified data protection authorities, and is increasing vendor oversight and system architecture protections while advising users to watch for phishing and change reused passwords.