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Snapchat Promises Security Fixes |
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About the organization Snapchat:
Type: Business
Sub-Types: Website, Social Networking Agent, Picture Hosting Agent, Text Hosting Agent, Video Hosting Agent, Application Software |
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Notable Organizations: Snapchat, WSJ.D Technology
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| Snapchat promised on Thursday to beef up its app’s security after hackers used it to look up 4.6 million phone numbers and user names. The company said that the hack was the result of “abuse” of the “Find Friends” feature, which typically allows people to find friends’ usernames by entering known phone numbers.
“We will be releasing an updated version of the Snapchat application that will allow Snapchatters to opt out of appearing in Find Friends after they have verified their phone number,” the company said in a blog post. “We’re also improving rate limiting (which would reduce the speed at which anyone can access phone numbers from Snapchat’s databases) and other restrictions to address future attempts to abuse our service.” Snapchat did not say when the update would be released. |
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