On 25th of December , an Australian research firm had published that snapchat had a major security flaw.
Today, it appears that someone has used that exploit to collect 4.6 million usernames, and their associated phone numbers, and publish them on a website - Snapchatdb.
Though the site claims that the information is being shared with the public to raise awareness on the issue.
Snapchat users can breathe easy — for a minute or two. For now, the phone numbers don’t include the last two digits. It’s also not clear how legitimate this data is, although The Next Web reports that there is now a web-based Snapchat checker script that can check any username to see if it’s in the database.
The site says. “Feel free to contact us to ask for the uncensored database. Under certain circumstances, we may agree to release it.”
The Next Web did a WHOIS lookup on SnapchatDB’s domain and found it was created just yesterday on December 31. The registrant’s name is protected, but its mailing address and contact number are both listed in Panama.
The site says. “Feel free to contact us to ask for the uncensored database. Under certain circumstances, we may agree to release it.”
What a Great Start To 2014!!!
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