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Hackers Steal Personal Information of 21 Million Timehop Users (fortune.com)

Posted by msmash on from the security-woes dept.

21 million users of Timehop, an app that reminds people about their social media posts on that day, are at risk after hackers breached the company servers on July 4. From a report: The company, in a blog post, says the security breach not only resulted in personal data (including names, addresses and, for some accounts, phone numbers) being stolen, but the hackers were also able to secure tokens allowing them to view people's posts on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Foursquare. Timehop says it quickly deactivated the tokens, which would have shut down access to the accounts. No private/direct messages, financial data, or social media content was affected, the company stressed. Attackers were apparently able to access the system's cloud servers because the company had not turned on multi-factor authentication. Timehop says the system was compromised for roughly two hours.

9 of 25 comments (clear)

  1. Oh. My. God. by Frosty+Piss · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    OMG! OMG! OMG! My social circles will be aghast at my new secret online business selling "Genuine" Canadian Viagra, BitCoin initial offerings, and pornography of 18 year old virgin Russian girls! What shall I do?

    By the way, who is Timehop? 21 million users, 21 million bots? Or 21 million downloads?

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  2. I bet by nospam007 · · Score: 1

    ....that lots of them wish to hop back in time.

  3. More newsworthy by nwaack · · Score: 2

    is the fact that a stupid app like Timehop has 21 million freaking users! There is no hope for this planet.

    1. Re:More newsworthy by ole_timer · · Score: 1

      wow, a site that reminds of my pointless posts...just wow, these people ought to get a life

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    2. Re:More newsworthy by ole_timer · · Score: 2

      you go through ole photos and reminisce with others...how do you do that with old posts? "look kids, I really posted a doozy then!"

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    3. Re: More newsworthy by Frosty+Piss · · Score: 1

      I post as âoeFrosty Pissâ, thatâ(TM)s all I need to maintain my privacy.

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    4. Re: More newsworthy by Dutch+Gun · · Score: 1

      Also, we now know that you own an iPhone. We're closing in on your true identity, one data point at a time!

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  4. Re:Muh data! by Calydor · · Score: 1

    This would include posts made to limited groups. Not everyone posts everything for the entire world to see.

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  5. Reminds? by cascadingstylesheet · · Score: 1

    Reminds ... people ... about their own social media posts?

    What new deviltry is this?