Snapchat - Photo Messaging Application Attacked by Hackers

Snapchat photo messaging application is trying hard to secure back its services from a variety of attacks following a hacker attack. As reported previously, the hacker managed to break into the database system and application users Snapchat publish millions of usernames and phone numbers Snapchat users to the internet through a site called SnapchatDB.

Snapchat finally reacted and tried to secure the services system to provide updates to users Snapchat. In the update Snapchat provides flexibility for users to be able to protect themselves from abuse account. After doing an update on the application Snapchat users can choose to not appear in the list of 'Find Friends' after verifying the data by entering his phone number.

Overwrite data leakage Snapchat make more than 4.8 million user data as a phone number and username disseminated. Snapchat actually already been reminded of the end of December 2013 and by the security company, Gibson Security on the security hole was found in its application.

However, Snapchat ignoring the warning and admitted that gap can be closed only by ten lines of code. Ahead of the Christmas celebrations of 2013, the data user's personal photo-sharing app finally revealed through multiple exploits.

Snapchat itself is a company that started uphill and quite a lot of interest in a number of areas. The company recently rejected the proposal of Facebook and Google are going to buy it for $ 3 billion and $ 4 billion.