{"id":5737,"date":"2016-02-29T03:46:11","date_gmt":"2016-02-29T08:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.in\/blog\/?p=5737"},"modified":"2020-02-26T20:28:57","modified_gmt":"2020-02-26T14:58:57","slug":"snapchat-caught-in-phishing-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.in\/blog\/snapchat-caught-in-phishing-campaign\/5737\/","title":{"rendered":"Snapchat caught in phishing campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We talk a lot about phishing<\/a> and how dangerous it is. At times we feel like we may talk about it too much to where people simply say, \u201cyeah, yeah. That will never happen to me, I am too smart to fall for that trick.\u201d<\/p>\n

Well every time we start to believe that we\u2019re safe, a new tale comes out about a phishing expedition that has compromised a company. The trophy catch this time was Snapchat. Yes, that Snapchat.<\/p>\n

Over the weekend an employee clicked on an email supposedly \u201cfrom\u201d company CEO Evan Spiegel asking for payroll information, and actually sent the data. Unfortunately for this employee, the email was not, in fact from the guy in the corner office, but rather a criminal hiding somewhere on the web. This attack led to \u201csome current and former employees\u201d being impacted.<\/p>\n

Snapchat claims<\/a> that \u201cNone of our internal systems were breached, and no user information was accessed\u201d. Besides, Snapchat luckily has promised two years of identity-theft insurance to people who have been affected and reported the incident to the FBI.<\/p>\n

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Snapchat Employee Data Leaks Out Following Phishing Attack https:\/\/t.co\/KCnRzkowiR<\/a> by @jonrussell<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 TechCrunch (@TechCrunch) February 29, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n