| Source: www.bidnessetc.com --- Sunday, October 12, 2014
Hackers at 4Chan have struck again and released a massive database of videos and images intercepted from the popular photo-messaging application SnapChat. Anonymous users on 4chan claimed that the database compromises the privacy of more than 200,000 SnapChat users. Last month, the world was shocked by the news of a massive leak of scandalous celebrity photos on the notorious web forums 4chan. The photos were claimed and later confirmed to be obtained through hacking of Apple, Inc.'s ( AAPL ) iCloud user accounts. The nude celebrity photo-leak was dubbed "The Fappening" by 4Chan users. The new leak has been called "The Snappening." As opposed to "The Fappening," hundreds of thousands of users have been affected by the "The Snappening." The photos are supposedly collected by a third-party SnapChat application that has been building its database of photos and videos over the years. The database had accumulated over 13GB of compromising data during the time. SnapChat has denied that its own servers were hacked, and the company has blamed third-party applications for the breach in privacy. However, it has recognized that users' data has been compromised. The official statement by SnapChat said, "We can confirm that SnapChat's servers were never breached and were not the source of these leaks. Snapchatters were victimized by their use of third-party apps to send and receive Snaps, a practice that we expressly prohibit in our Terms o ... |
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