Table of contents:
- Snapchat source code was seen before the removal
- Who leaked that Snapchat code?
- Snapchat is in low hours
Lately Snapchat doesn't win for displeasure. What until now had been an application popular among the youngest and a pioneer in applying masks to faces (without going any further, the other day we told you that many adolescents want surgery to have the face of those filters), has not stopped losing users.
The fact is that in the last few hours we have also learned that a hacker has leaked the source code of Snapchat and published it on GitHub, a platform focused on collaborative software development.
A Snapchat official confirmed to Motherboard that a portion of the app's source code had been accidentally exposed through the aforementioned platform . So much so that Snapchat had to request the removal of the content based on the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, the legislation that regulates copyright in the United States.
Those responsible for this application affirm, yes, that this leak has not compromised the security of the service and that users can rest easy. At this time, Snapchat's source code is no longer present on GitHub.
Snapchat source code was seen before the removal
In case you didn't know, GitHub is a place that many hackers and researchers use to save code or enter data that might be interesting.In this case, as has happened in many others, what Snapchat has done is request the removal of the code exposed there, especially if it has any effect on the safety of the company and its users.
It seems that the problem has to do with the fact that in May, in an update of the Snapchat app for iOS , a small amount of source code was exposed. At the time, the bug was quickly identified, but it seems that this is why this piece of code has now been posted.
This fact has been detected by Snapchat and has been eliminated at this time A company spokesperson confirms that this has not compromised the operation of the application, nor has it had any impact on the community of users who remain loyal to Snapchat.
Who leaked that Snapchat code?
The leaker (the person who obtained the code and posted it on GitHub) is known to have been a user, appears to be of Pakistani origin, with the name i5xx. His contribution on GitHub is limited to that post, so it seems that this account was specially created to leak Snapchat source code. The profile links to a web page from which programming services and software modifications are offered. Nothing else.
Snapchat is in low hours
To the source code leak incident, we must add the bad time the company is going through. The results published by the application in the second quarter of the year show that the number of Snapchat users has only increased by one digit And this is very bad news for those who trusted the tool.
Apparently, the ground that Snapchat has not gained would have been taken advantage of by other social networks, such as Instagram. One of the main problems with the tool is that it is not capable of offering an innovative alternative and attractive enough to attract new users.
In recent months, Snapchat has tried its luck with the redesign of the application, but it seems that its project has not enthused the common users. How long will he be able to resist?
