You sent " snaps " your unbridled 's Eve to all your contacts ? You 'll probably regret it. 4.6 million usernames and numbers of users Snapchat phone have leaked Tuesday, December 31 . They were hacked by a group of hackers who published this information on a website named SnapchatDB.info . The site is now disabled, but the Google cache is available here.
Snapchat can send photos or videos that self-destruct after 1-10 seconds. Launched in September 2011 by two young Stanford students in their twenties, the application available on Android and iOS has gained momentum in 2013. To the point that the founders refuse to allow million from Facebook and Google for a possible takeover . According to the latest figures released by the company , 200 million " snaps " are sent every day. ==>
" You are about to download phone numbers from 4.6 million users and their nicknames . Customers tend to use the same name on different websites , so you can use this information to find numbers phone associated with Facebook and Twitter accounts , or simply have the telephone number of people you want to contact , " proclaiming the SnapchatDB site. Hackers have censored the last two digits of each phone number to " limit spam and abuse."
"Our motivation behind this leak was to educate the public on the issue, but also to put pressure on Snapchat to solve the problem ," said the hacker group behind the hacking Mashable . " It is understandable that technology start-ups have limited resources but security and privacy should not be a secondary objective. Safety is as important as the user experience. "
Hackers have SnapchatDB suspended due to the number of connections and do not plan to put the information online. However mirror sites of this database are widely available on the internet.
several warnings
The attack comes just days after the publication of a post on the official blog Snapchat , where the company refers to a flaw found on Christmas Eve by Gibson Security. After a first warning in August remained unanswered, this group of Australian hackers suggested that it was possible to find phone numbers of users in minutes because of two security flaws in the API (or interface programming ) of Snapchat .
"Theoretically , if someone was able to download a huge directory of phone numbers, for example, all numbers in a zip code , or any numbers in the United States , it could create a database results and link nicks phone numbers , "wrote on his blog Snapchat , ensuring to have strengthened its system and continue to do so .
And yet it is this way What method hackers behind SnapchatDB . "We used a modified version of the method of Gibson Security" , they indicate to The Verge . Gibson Security is not involved in piracy.
Have you been hacked?
Will developers Smidlein Trencheny and Robbie have created a tool , GS Lookup - Snapchat (hosted at Gibson Security ) so that users Snapchat know if their account is on the famous list .
The interface is very easy to use: simply enter the username in the search field, then click the red "lookup " button. If you do not find you among the 4.6 million pirated users , the site says "you 're safe " .
Snapchat can send photos or videos that self-destruct after 1-10 seconds. Launched in September 2011 by two young Stanford students in their twenties, the application available on Android and iOS has gained momentum in 2013. To the point that the founders refuse to allow million from Facebook and Google for a possible takeover . According to the latest figures released by the company , 200 million " snaps " are sent every day. ==>
" You are about to download phone numbers from 4.6 million users and their nicknames . Customers tend to use the same name on different websites , so you can use this information to find numbers phone associated with Facebook and Twitter accounts , or simply have the telephone number of people you want to contact , " proclaiming the SnapchatDB site. Hackers have censored the last two digits of each phone number to " limit spam and abuse."
"Our motivation behind this leak was to educate the public on the issue, but also to put pressure on Snapchat to solve the problem ," said the hacker group behind the hacking Mashable . " It is understandable that technology start-ups have limited resources but security and privacy should not be a secondary objective. Safety is as important as the user experience. "
Hackers have SnapchatDB suspended due to the number of connections and do not plan to put the information online. However mirror sites of this database are widely available on the internet.
several warnings
The attack comes just days after the publication of a post on the official blog Snapchat , where the company refers to a flaw found on Christmas Eve by Gibson Security. After a first warning in August remained unanswered, this group of Australian hackers suggested that it was possible to find phone numbers of users in minutes because of two security flaws in the API (or interface programming ) of Snapchat .
"Theoretically , if someone was able to download a huge directory of phone numbers, for example, all numbers in a zip code , or any numbers in the United States , it could create a database results and link nicks phone numbers , "wrote on his blog Snapchat , ensuring to have strengthened its system and continue to do so .
And yet it is this way What method hackers behind SnapchatDB . "We used a modified version of the method of Gibson Security" , they indicate to The Verge . Gibson Security is not involved in piracy.
Have you been hacked?
Will developers Smidlein Trencheny and Robbie have created a tool , GS Lookup - Snapchat (hosted at Gibson Security ) so that users Snapchat know if their account is on the famous list .
The interface is very easy to use: simply enter the username in the search field, then click the red "lookup " button. If you do not find you among the 4.6 million pirated users , the site says "you 're safe " .
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