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2014 — Snapchat: The hacker or group known as Lightcontact is…

2014 Unknown records affected Share on X

Data compromised

Personal information

Technical writeup

The hacker or group known as Lightcontact is claiming to have hacked Snapchat.com. Reportedly, the group published a database containing Snapchat user names and phone numbers and posted it to several public forums such as Reddit.com.UPDATE: Snapchat has announced a security update to their mobile image sharing services to include an opt out option to the Find Friends system. This update is said to prevent others from looking up their account information through address books. This update will a

Root cause

Hacking

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