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Snapchat Breach Affects 4.6 Million Users: Personal Info Exposed

Calendar Jan 02, 2014 • User Avatar Anthony Pell
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The usernames and phone numbers for 4.6 million Snapchat accounts have been downloaded by hackers, who temporarily posted the data online. A website called SnapchatDB released the data but censored the last two digits of the phone numbers.

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