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Snapchat finally apologizes for massive phone number leak

article published on 9 January, 2014

Following the major security breach last month that allowed hackers to collect the usernames and phone numbers of 4.6 million users, Snapchat said earlier this week that it would update the application with a more secure version. The new version will allow users to opt out of the "Find Friends" feature that was the cause of the breach. The company also says it will block all future attempts ... [ read the full article ]

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cart0181
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10. January 2014 @ 01:34 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
If you have someone's username and phone number, does that mean you can get all their Snapchats too?
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SomeBozo
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10. January 2014 @ 02:24 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I wonder why companies aren't required by law to store all user data encrypted on disk. So one might hack a system but get useless garbled data...

elduderino
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10. January 2014 @ 09:42 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by cart0181:
If you have someone's username and phone number, does that mean you can get all their Snapchats too?
Huh? No. They're "erased" instantly. Who knows where those get stored. They say it's instantly gone but you better not take their word for it.
Bozobub
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10. January 2014 @ 16:46 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
It DOES mean, however, that you can potentially masquerade as another user.
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ChikaraNZ
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11. January 2014 @ 01:40 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Snapchat..too little, too late.
First point - they were advised abut this vulnerability months before it was exploited, yet they chose to ignore it.
That makes them much more culpable than a company that has a data breach through some newly discovered exploit only.
Second point - why did it take them so long to apologise?

I hope they are severely punished for deliberately choosing to leave unsafe software unpatched for so long that caused this data breach.
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