How the Recent Snapchat Security Breach Could Erode User Trust

On January 1st, 4.6 million Snapchat users had their usernames and phone numbers released, earning the fledgling network all the wrong kind of publicity.

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Snapchat has been very high profile lately. Lots of people are eschewing Facebook and other sites in favor of the light, simple tools provided by Snapchat. But on New Year’s day, 4.6 million users had their usernames and phone numbers released, earning Snapchat all the wrong kind of publicity. Unfortunately, this data has been vulnerable well before the breach.

In August, a trio of amateur security researchers at Gibsonsec told Snapchat that there were serious vulnerabilities in their system.

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