Over 98,000 Snapchat Photos (Some Nude) Hacked And Posted Online!

Last week, a nasty rumor about the hacking of a massive collection of Snapchat photos and videos surfaced. It stated that about 200,000 photos/videos of naked Snapchat users will be posted online. It was believed to be a hoax because of a lack of proof of an actual hack.

The threat, however, seems to be real. Last Sunday, approximately 98,000 files (or 13GB) consisting of photos and videos taken/sent by Snapchat users were posted on The Pirate Bay. Allegedly these items were saved and collected via a site called Snapsaved.com, a service that allows users to save and post their snaps online.

A Reddit user reported that about 4000 of the pictures are linked with 320 Snapchat usernames, a list of which was also published online. Another user claimed to have seen the photos but was disappointed with the lack of nudity in the pictures. One user commented: "The quick sample size scans I did suggested maybe 50/50 male/female with LOADS of selfies, memes, pets, scenery, etc. You know, typical stuff you'd expect to see in a conversation between normal people. It's so painfully mundane."

This hacking issue was called "The Snappening," giving it a slight connection to the huge celebrity nude photo leak that was earlier dubbed "The Fappening."


Snapchat recently pointed out that their servers have not been hacked, putting the blame on a third-party app that allowed users to save photos. In a Tweet sent October 10, they said: "We can confirm that Snapchat's servers were never breached and were not the source of these leaks. " They followed up with: "Snapchatters were victimized by their use of third-party apps to send and receive Snaps, a practice that we expressly prohibit in our ToU."

Snapsaved.com is no longer online, but they posted this message on their Facebook page: "As soon as we discovered the breach in our systems, we immediately deleted the entire website and the database."
They also  said they "tried to cleanse the database of inappropriate images as often as possible."

It is noteworthy that about 50% of Snapchat users are aged 13 to 17, bringing up the possibility that some of the files would constitute child pornography. Do your part by either deleting these links, or preventing yourself from spreading them further.


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