Snapchat hack hits 4.6 million users

The usernames and phone numbers for 4.6 million Snapchat accounts have been downloaded by hackers, who temporarily posted the data online. A website called SnapchatDB released the data but censored the last two digits of the phone numbers. It has since been taken offline but a cached version is still available. The hack comes days after an Australian firm, Gibson Security, warned of vulnerabilities in Snapchat's app which it said could be exploited by hackers. Gibson Security said it was noinvolved in the hack: "We know nothing about SnapchatDB, but it was a matter of time till something like that happened," the firm tweeted. The hackers behind the website that published the data said they had exploited the security flaw highlighted by Gibson Security. "We used a modified version of gibsonsec's exploit/method," they were quoted as saying by tech blog, Tech Crunch. Stronger safeguards? Snapchat has grown in popularity as an app that allows people to share pictures, safe in the knowledge they delete themselves after being viewed. Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. //

Snapchat hack hits 4.6 million users 2014-01-02T10:58:00-08:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Undercover 999