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Snapchat Says Users Were Victimized By Their Use of Third-Party Apps

Posted by Soulskill on from the illusion-of-impermanence dept.

Lucas123 writes: Reports that the servers of photo messaging site Snapchat were hacked are being denied by the company, which is now is saying its users were instead victimized by their use of third-party apps to send and receive Snaps. Hackers on 4chan have said broke into the site and they're preparing to release 200,000 photos or videos in their own database that will be searchable by Snapchatter name. According to one report, the third-party Snapchat client app enabled access for years to the data that was supposed have been deleted. The hackers have said they have a 13GB photo library. For its part, Snapchat in a statement reiterated its Terms of Use Policy, that "expressly prohibits" third-party app use "because they compromise our users' security."

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  1. That 4chan guy, at it again. by rogoshen1 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Will someone please stop this anonymous mystery hacker? he's causing havoc all over the place.

    1. Re:That 4chan guy, at it again. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      Well we're trying.

      The first two chans were sabotaged or accidentally destroyed before their completion. The third chan vanished without a trace twenty-four hours after being completed. 4chan is our last best hope for peace.

  2. I can just hear Jennifer Lawrence... by swb · · Score: 3, Funny

    Boyfriend: "Wow, that's a great picture....but after the recent photo problem, are you sure you should be sending these kinds of pictures?"

    Jennifer: "No, it's OK. I'm using this App called SnapChat and it deletes them automatically! They can't be saved or end up in the stupid cloud anymore."