Was your Snapchat account compromised??-Check it out!!

We previously updated you with our post that snapchat may be secured, now we got to know  that being on the paramount off the App the data of Snapchat is being leaked, which is the most shameful thing on account of user security.

After the huge leakage of phone numbers and usernames for about four and a half million users of Snapchat in US, after anonymous hackers posted them on a website called SnapchatDB.info, which is now suspended, two developers – Will Smidlein and Robbie Trencheny have created a tool – GS-Lookup Snapchat that helps Snapchat users check if their accounts have been compromised or not.

Although Smidlein said GS Lookup was "one of the first" tools available to help Snapchat users check the status of their accounts and other tools with the same purpose have been coming up, including Snapcheck.org.

WHAT TO DO??

If your data has been leaked, don’t panic. There are a few things you can do if you have been affected. Firstly, you can delete your Snapchat account – by going to this link – www.support.snapchat.com/login?next=%2Fdelete-account but this won’t remove your phone number from the already circulating leaked-out database.

If you feel that you’d rather unscrupulous entities not potentially have your phone number, you can contact your phone TelCo, and request them to give you a new number. If you come up with all the detail they will certainly give you a new number.

Lastly, just ensure that your security settings are up to scratch on your social media profiles. Just be careful about what data you give away to sites when you sign up – If you do not think a service requires your phone number then don’t give it to them.

Smidlein says that his biggest fear was that malicious people have access to the SQL file but a “normal” user does not understand what that means.

                  Also see :  Secure Snapchat???

You need to enter your Username in this tool. If your account is not compromised by hackers, this tool will display this message – “You are Safe” “your data didn’t leak”.

But if your account was hacked by hackers, the tool notifies you, and generates your phone number (without the last two digits). It displays the message – “Your number was leaked”.

The hacker’s also added that they censored the last two digits of user’s phone number so that no spamming or any abuse issue are raised.

In short the Hacker’s had broken the security in order to make aware to both the parties the user and the provider that the information about the user is not secured.  It was a positive point from the hacker to spread awareness towards the society.

Despite where the URL redirects, Smidlein and Trencheny said they are not affiliated with Gibson Security, the Australia-based white-hat hackers who published Snapchat’s API last week.

Seems like Snapchat has a bad year starting with problems occurring to it consecutively. Edictogram will let you hear more of it; do share your views with Edictogram.

Author : Iman Majeed & Aakar Gupte

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