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Title: Snapchat hacked: 4.6 million usernames and phone numbers lifted
Post by: Mariio on January 02, 2014, 07:51:03 pm

Three days ago, ephemeral communication app Snapchat released a statement on its website responding to a group of security professionals at Gibson Security who posted what they claimed to be numerous exploits of the app’s API. The hot startup waved those claims away in the post:

    Theoretically, if someone were able to upload a huge set of phone numbers, like every number in an area code, or every possible number in the U.S., they could create a database of the results and match usernames to phone numbers that way. Over the past year we’ve implemented various safeguards to make it more difficult to do.

But apparently those safeguards weren’t secure enough, as a team of hackers posted 4.6 million usernames and phone numbers of Snapchat users as a downloadable database just before midnight on Tuesday.

Right now, the database is censored, blurring the last two digits of each user’s phone number. But the hackers, who are currently anonymous, hinted that they might be willing to turn over the raw data to the right party.

“The company was too reluctant at patching the exploit until they knew it was too late and companies that we trust with our information should be more careful when dealing with it,” the website says.

That’s an inauspicious start to 2014 for one of 2013′s hottest apps.

source: http://gigaom.com/2013/12/31/snapchat-hacked-4-6-million-usernames-and-phone-numbers-lifted/

Title: Re: Snapchat hacked: 4.6 million usernames and phone numbers lifted
Post by: James_Webb on January 02, 2014, 07:54:05 pm

"It doesn't matter who the people voted for; they always vote for us"

Title: Re: Snapchat hacked: 4.6 million usernames and phone numbers lifted
Post by: JDC on January 02, 2014, 08:10:05 pm

Did they get all the "deleted" sex pics too? :lol:

Title: Re: Snapchat hacked: 4.6 million usernames and phone numbers lifted
Post by: Mikal on January 02, 2014, 11:30:47 pm

Never heard of the company anyway..

Title: Re: Snapchat hacked: 4.6 million usernames and phone numbers lifted
Post by: Pandalink on January 02, 2014, 11:46:55 pm

Quote from: Mikal on January 02, 2014, 11:30:47 pm

Never heard of the company anyway..

do you guys even have mobile phones in wales

Title: Re: Snapchat hacked: 4.6 million usernames and phone numbers lifted
Post by: Mikal on January 02, 2014, 11:48:23 pm

Quote from: Pandalink on January 02, 2014, 11:46:55 pm

do you guys even have mobile phones in wales

Nah we use sheep noises to make morse code. :gand:

Title: Re: Snapchat hacked: 4.6 million usernames and phone numbers lifted
Post by: [WS]Jacob on January 04, 2014, 10:28:02 pm

I knew that not getting Snapchat was the safest option. Oh look, I was right about it.

Title: Re: Snapchat hacked: 4.6 million usernames and phone numbers lifted
Post by: murdoxix on January 04, 2014, 10:33:09 pm

Where is the stolen data-base? xD

Title: Re: Snapchat hacked: 4.6 million usernames and phone numbers lifted
Post by: Jaka_Lah on January 04, 2014, 10:36:05 pm

Aw not my dick picks, damn you android!