4.6MILLION Snapchat user DB released.

[Shake&Bake]

• Hackers release database of phone numbers, usernames and locations
• Group have redacted last two digits of each number to prevent abuse
• Last week Snapchat was warned a security glitch threatened data
• Snapchat said it had taken action in the wake of the warnings

A group of hackers has exposed the mobile phone numbers of 4.6 million U.S. Snapchat users, to 'raise awareness of the app's security issues'.

The anonymous hackers released the database a week after Snapchat claimed it had introduced measures to fix a security glitch, which it was told could result in users' personal information being put at risk.

The group has released the database via a website SnapchatDB, giving people the option to download the list of usernames and phone numbers as well as their location.

Source and more here.

 

[koeksGHT]

Why I never used it...

 

[Shake&Bake]

Well - if you're a US user and wanna check if your details are on the list, GibsonSec have setup a tool to let you search to see if your details are on the compromised list.

http://lookup.gibsonsec.org/

 

[ChocolateBadger]

Well - if you're a US user and wanna check if your details are on the list, GibsonSec have setup a tool to let you search to see if your details are on the compromised list.

http://lookup.gibsonsec.org/

Honey pot or phishing? That site can be either.

 

[The_Unbeliever]

Oh snap!

 

[[)roi(]]

The worst bit is acknowledging they were aware of the loophole.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Snapchat, the red-hot private messaging service, said on Thursday that it knew for months about a security loophole that allowed hackers this week to harvest millions of phone numbers and announced changes to its systems.

http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSBREA0201C20140103?irpc=932

 

[Shake&Bake]

Honey pot or phishing? That site can be either.

That one's legit - GibsonSec are actually the company that first reported the loophole to SnapChat and they (SC) did nothing about it.

In the article in the OP it mentions GibsonSec's role in all of this.

 

[Ninja'd]

That one's legi - GibsonSec are actually the company that first reported the loophole to SnapChat and they (SC) did nothing about it.

In the article in the OP it mentions GibsonSec's role in all of this.

/waits for House to demand that GibsonSec should be arrested.

 

[Shake&Bake]

/waits for House to demand that GibsonSec should be arrested.