>>The company was too reluctant at patching the exploit until they knew it was too late Did they give Snapchat enough time to fix this before releasing this data? NOTE: I've heavily edited this comment because when I first read the website I thought snapchat ignored the people who found an exploit but re-reading, it's no longer clear to me that releasing this data is not pure malice. NOTE2: The link from couchdive's…
Snapchat Phone Number Database Leaked
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#42What does snapchatdb hope to accomplish by allowing people to download the db. Just showing and proving that you've hacked the database should be enough to get the company to respond. They're probably not hurting snapchat as much as the potential damage to the people who's phone numbers and usernames are being dowloaded.
Wasn't there a story posted right here on HN like a week ago where some people notified snapchat of the vuln. and provided evidence, but Snapchat told them to basically f* off?
I'm not savvy enough to have the link at hand but I vividly remember that happening.
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#43I have list of all US phone numbers:
000-000-0000
000-000-0001
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#44What does snapchatdb hope to accomplish by allowing people to download the db. Just showing and proving that you've hacked the database should be enough to get the company to respond. They're probably not hurting snapchat as much as the potential damage to the people who's phone numbers and usernames are being dowloaded.
Wasn't there a story posted right here on HN like a week ago where some people notified snapchat of the vuln. and provided evidence, but Snapchat told them to basically f * off? I'm not savvy enough to have the link at hand but I vividly remember that happening.
Just a quick Google search: http://guardianlv.com/2013/12/snapchat-ignores-possible-hack...
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#45These comments are disgusting. Why are you all trying to download the data? Why are many of you trying to distribute it?
I would imagine some of the people wanting to download the data are snapchat users who are trying to find out if they (or people they know) have data is in the file. No clue on the distribute part.
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#46Is this a hoax? Has anyone attempted to verify the data with at least some spot checks?
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#47Earlier quoted context omitted.
Maybe no one would ever send him snaps. Either Way I find it more disturbing that an address he claims to own [1] is on this list [2] 1. https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=smtddr 2. https://github.com/mikispag/bitiodine/blob/master/classifier...
Um, I just want to say that I have _NO IDEA_ why my BTC address is on that list and I've never seen this git URL before in my life. That BTC address is my deposit address on BTC-e.com. This address has only ever received 2.25 BTC[1] and this was purchased fair & square from coinbase.com[2] with my hard-earned USD. I really do not know what in the world is going on or who put my BTC-e.com address on this alleged crypt…
Well, word to the wise, don't use BTC-e as a wallet.
Re: Snapchat Phone Number Database Leaked
#48What does snapchatdb hope to accomplish by allowing people to download the db. Just showing and proving that you've hacked the database should be enough to get the company to respond. They're probably not hurting snapchat as much as the potential damage to the people who's phone numbers and usernames are being dowloaded.
Wasn't there a story posted right here on HN like a week ago where some people notified snapchat of the vuln. and provided evidence, but Snapchat told them to basically f * off? I'm not savvy enough to have the link at hand but I vividly remember that happening.
Yes 6 days ago. The exploit was brought to snapchats attention since August and ignored and denied, so says the articles related to this.
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#49I have list of all US phone numbers: 000-000-0000 000-000-0001 ...
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#50Earlier quoted context omitted.
The website clearly states that the last 2 digits of the phone numbers are censored. You're free to do what you think is right, but in this case you're the one who is trying to get somebody's private information published.
> The website clearly states that the last 2 digits of the phone numbers are censored. They also say: > Feel free to contact us to ask for the uncensored database. Under certain circumstances, we may agree to release it. which is, in my opinion, kind of messed up. (Unless I'm missing a reason why that would be helpful in any way.)
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