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4.6M accounts — usernames and phone numbers exposed

2014 4.6M records affected Share on X

Data compromised

Usernames, Names, Phone numbers

Technical writeup

API vulnerability allowed hackers to harvest usernames and phone numbers. Data posted on SnapchatDB.info. Researchers had disclosed issue; Snapchat said it made exploit 'more difficult' but attack followed.

Root cause

API vulnerability.

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