Items tagged with Gibson-Security
Earlier this week, news broke that a security exploit in Snapchat allowed hackers to claim some 4.6 million usernames and phone numbers from the service. The group responsible for the hack posted the list, with some information redacted, for all to see. Snapchat described the issue in a blog post, noting that it was the Find Friends feature that was at fault. The tool lets users check their friends’ phone numbers against the Snapchat database to see if they’re available on the site. It’s just a way for people to find each other on Snapchat, but as Snapchat described it, “Theoretically, if someone were able to upload a huge set of phone numbers, like every number in an...
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