Were your details leaked in the Snapchat hack?
- Posted on the website SnapchatDB.info
- Gibson Security has developed a website called GS Lookup where people can enter their username and be told if their data was included in the security leak.
- The hackers obtained the information by exploiting a vulnerability in Snapchat's Find Friends interface
- Hackers - "Too reluctant at patching the exploit until they knew it was too late"
The photo-sharing site Snapchat was hit by a cyber attack yesterday which reportedly exposed the usernames and phone numbers of 4.6 million users. The data was posted on a website called SnapchatDB.info, which has since been suspended. The hackers censored the last two digits of the phone numbers "in order to minimise spam and abuse", but offered to disclose the uncensored database "under certain circumstances". In a statement to tech news site TechCrunch, the hackers explained that their motivation behind the attack was to raise public awareness around the issue, and put public pressure on Snapchat to fix the exploit.I think that the recent hacking has made everybody question if our personal details are safe with these leading social networking sites. Following the Facebook security flaws and concerns people are increasingly worry about their privacy. Other major hacks recently was with games companies Raven, Microsoft, Activision, Sony.
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