Title: Why SnapSaved’s hack proves Snapchat itself isn’t secure Post by: HCK on October 15, 2014, 03:00:20 pm Why SnapSaved’s hack proves Snapchat itself isn’t secure
<article> <section class="page"> <p> Another day brings another reminder that sending nudes isn’t exactly safe, even if the app you’re using to send those photos claims they vanish. Ephemeral messaging app Snapchat is now facing questions about third-party apps that use its API to save snaps—unbeknownst to the sender—after one service, SnapSaved, was hacked over the weekend (http://www.pcworld.com/article/2824760/100000-snapchat-photos-get-leaked-but-snapchat-isnt-to-blame.html).</p><p> About 90,000 photos and 9,000 videos were stolen from SnapSaved’s servers, according to The Daily Beast (http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/10/13/the-snappening-is-real-90k-private-photos-and-9k-videos-hacked-and-leaked-online.html), in a hack that affects more than 200,000 Snapchat users. Because Snapchat itself wasn’t targeted in the hack, the company is backing away from any responsibility for the breach.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2825926/why-snapsaved-s-hack-proves-snapchat-itself-isn-t-secure.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: Why SnapSaved’s hack proves Snapchat itself isn’t secure (http://www.macworld.com/article/2825926/why-snapsaved-s-hack-proves-snapchat-itself-isn-t-secure.html#tk.rss_all) |