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Snapchat Hacking: How tech startups should react to security breaches
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Jan 3, 2014
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Snapchat Hacking: How tech startups should react to security breaches
Earlier this week, the popular photo-messaging app Snapchat was hacked. A reported 4.6 million user names and phone numbers were leaked, though according to the company, no photographs went out to the public.
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Earlier this week, the popular photo-messaging app Snapchat was hacked. A reported 4.6 million user names and phone numbers were leaked, though according to the company, no photographs went out to the public.

Earlier this week, the popular photo-messaging app Snapchat was hacked. A reported 4.6 million user names and phone numbers were leaked, though according to the company, no photographs went out to the public.

What does this mean for the southern California based startup? Joining us is Burghardt Tenderich, associate professor at USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism.