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Take Two

Snapchat Hacking: How tech startups should react to security breaches

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Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from October 2012 – June 2021. Hosted by A Martinez.

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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.

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.