Snapchat Finally Apologizes for Security Leak, Introduces Opt Out Option

snapchatIn a much belated blog post, Snapchat finally apologizes for the large security breach of the app, which left 4.6 million usernames and numbers accessible for hackers to find and distribute.

The software company first acknowledged the data leak during an announcement on January 2, 2014, but offered not so much as an apology, but an I told you so. In that same blog post, the company admitted to knowing about a report detailing the Find Friend security flaw in August of 2013 – a finding that should have alerted the company to potential hacks, and subsequent changes.

However, Since Snapchat chose to ignore those warning, the same security researchers, or “attackers,” released the app’s API to the public as a second warning, which was also largely ignored, and hidden in a small blog post on December 27, 2013, called Finding

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