Snapchat
Disclosed Jan 1, 201412 years ago4,609,615 affectedUnverified
Usernames and phone numbers of 4.6 million Snapchat users posted online
Hackers downloaded and briefly posted usernames and phone numbers for about 4.6 million Snapchat accounts, days after a security firm warned of vulnerabilities in the app.
What is known
| People affected | 4,609,615 (as reported by the organization) |
|---|---|
| Disclosed | Jan 1, 2014 |
| Happened | Jan 1, 2014 |
| Attack | Scraping |
| Data exposed | Location, Phone numbers, Names |
| Sector | Tech · US |
| Status | Unverified: not yet confirmed by an official notice, a filing or the organization |
| Check your email | Have I Been Pwned |
Sources
| Source | |
|---|---|
| Have I Been Pwned: Snapchathaveibeenpwned.com · Aggregator | Aggregator |
| Snapchat hack affects 4.6 million usersbbc.co.uk · News | News |
Notices filed
| Where | Filed | People |
|---|---|---|
| Researchtotal | Jan 1, 2014 | 4,609,615 |
| Have I Been Pwnedaccounts in the data | Jan 2, 2014 | 4,609,615 |
Other breaches at Snapchat
| Breach | Affected | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosed Mar 4, 2016Mar 4, 201610 years ago | Mar 4, 201610 years ago | Not stated | Other | Confirmed | Unknown |
History of this record
- 2026-09-25 · source_type: aggregator to press · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · source_url: https://haveibeenpwned.com/Breach/Snapchat to https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25572661 · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · attack: unknown to scraping · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · data_types: ["location","phone"] to ["location","phone","names"] · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · records_basis: hibp to organization · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · disclosed: 2014-01-02 to 2014-01-01 · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · summary: In January 2014 just one week after Gibson Security detailed vulnerabilities in the service , Snapchat had 4.6 million usernames and phone number exposed. The attack involved brute force enumeration of a large number of phone numbers agains to Hackers downloaded and briefly posted usernames and phone numbers for about 4.6 million Snapchat accounts, days after a security firm warned of vulnerabilities in the app. · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · title: empty to Usernames and phone numbers of 4.6 million Snapchat users posted online · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · added · backfill source
First seen 2026-09-25 (Have I Been Pwned). Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.