Atlast Snapchat said sorry for 4.6 million Snapchat users’ personal information was exposed by hackers.
The breach occurred after security experts warned the company about the security loophole.
The company has released an update to its Android and iPhone apps that “improves Find Friends functionality” and users can avoid linking their usernames with phone numbers, the report added.
Here’s the full post:
Find Friends Improvements
This morning we released a Snapchat update for Android and iOS that improves Find Friends functionality and allows Snapchatters to opt-out of linking their phone number with their username. This option is available in Settings > Mobile #.
This update also requires new Snapchatters to verify their phone number before using the Find Friends service.
Our team continues to make improvements to the Snapchat service to prevent future attempts to abuse our API. We are sorry for any problems this issue may have caused you and we really appreciate your patience and support.
Love,
Team Snapchat
