| Source: tech.firstpost.com --- Saturday, October 11, 2014
Mobile messaging company SnapChat blamed third-party software apps for possible security lapses that may have led to its users' private photos being at risk of online publication by hackers. A file containing at least 100,000 SnapChat photos has been collected by hackers who were preparing to publish them online, according to a report on the Business Insider blog. SnapChat lets users send photos and videos that disappear in seconds. "We can confirm that SnapChat servers were never breached and were not the source of these leaks," the company said in an emailed statement. Users were "allegedly victimized by their use of third-party apps to send and receive Snaps, a practice that we expressly prohibit in our terms of use precisely because they compromise our users' security." A SnapChat representative noted the company's statement was based on reports of leaked photos, and that it could not verify whether hackers had breached third-party software containing stolen SnapChat photos. SnapChat, one of a crop of new apps that compete with Twitter and Facebook, is popular among teenagers. Some media reports raised concerns that the hackers' file could contain nude "selfie" pictures of teens who expected the photos to be deleted. Leaked photos could also become problematic for SnapChat, which has faced criticism over privacy practices. It is now raising money in a funding round that would give it a $10 billion valuation, according to repo ... |
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