Snapchat: Worried Users Search Hacked Database
Users of the social media app can check if their phone numbers are among 4.6 million account details allegedly leaked online.
Snapchat claims to have 30 million active users online
Snapchat users in the US are waiting to see whether their privacy has been compromised after hackers claimed to have leaked the phone numbers and usernames of 4.6 million accounts.
The unidentified hackers say they carried out the attack to raise awareness of a security loophole in the database of the social media application.
In a statement emailed to website TechCrunch, the hackers said: "Our motivation behind the release was to raise the public awareness around the issue.
"It is understandable that tech start-ups have limited resources but security and privacy should not be a secondary goal.
"Security matters as much as user experience does.
"You wouldn't want to eat at a restaurant that spends millions on decoration, but barely anything on cleanliness."
The alleged database was originally published online with two digits of the phone numbers redacted.
I think that this has really put a blow to a lot of people's privacy as they have a risk of being hacked, this really does portray that the rise of new and digital media has had a negative affect towards audiences as this has meant a lot of people have had a lack of privacy due to hackers and really does make it hard for people to try contact someone without worrying
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