First of all, be aware of malicious links which are being shared via “TheSnappening” scams. Scammers are using “The Snappening” situation to earn some serious money. The news companies are reporting on “The Snappening”, and the @thesnappening Twitter account claims that a lot of them are sharing false information.
Currently, the only “reliable” source for “The Snappening” will be the @thesnappening Twitter account. The account was created 13 hours ago and the first tweet was very clear.
Okay guys, this is going to be used for updates over the next 24 hours.
— John (@thesnappening) October 10, 2014
In the “The Snappening” tweet above, you will see that the @thesnappening Twitter account posted that it will be posting updates via the @thesnappening account.
Apparently the thread got deleted. If the leaker sees another thread online then he might post more. — John (@thesnappening) October 10, 2014
The person(s) behind the Twitter account, informed their followers that the thread on 4chan was taken offline.
http://boards.4chan.org/b/thread/573113734
The Twitter account continues to explain that a website is currently being developed for “The Snappening” leaked pictures.
Another Twitter user asked if it will be possible to navigate through The Snappening website, and the @thesnappening account replied that it is possible to navigate the website via the search module.
@Fred_kle Search usernames only
— John (@thesnappening) October 10, 2014
The @thesnappening twitter account continues to tweet that it will build “The Snappening” galleries and that it might publish a complete *.zip file, which contains the 200 000 SnapChat pictures.
More resources on “The Snappening”
URL
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2788172/the-snappening-coming-hackers-warn-thousands-nude-images-sent-snapchat-leaked-sunday.html
https://www.yahoo.com/tech/hackers-reportedly-set-to-leak-200-000-stolen-snapchat-99648987149.html
http://www.businessinsider.com/snapchat-hacked-the-snappening-2014-10
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/snapchat-hack-200000-self-destruct-nude-images-set-leak-snappening-1469418
http://venturebeat.com/2014/10/10/snapchat-responds-to-nude-photo-hack-passes-blame-to-users/
http://foxct.com/2014/10/10/thousands-of-snapchat-photos-reportedly-hacked/
http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/131330-snapchat-was-not-hacked-for-upcoming-naked-celebrity-photo-leak-the-snappening
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| The ‘Snappening’ is coming: Hackers warn thousands of nude images sent through Snapchat will be leaked on Sunday | Hackers Reportedly Set to Leak 200,000 Stolen Snapchat Images | Hackers Access At Least 100,000 Snapchat Photos And Prepare To Leak Them, Including Underage Nude Pictures | Snapchat Hack: 200,000 ‘Self-Destruct’ Nude Images Set to Leak in ‘The Snappening’ | Snapchat blames users of ‘illegal third-party apps’ for nude photo hack | Thousands Of Snapchat Photos Hacked | Snapchat was not hacked for upcoming naked celebrity photo leak ‘The Snappening’ |
The Twitter account also claims that it is not affiliated with ViralPop.
@NORSecz I am not affiliated with viralpop. — John (@thesnappening) October 10, 2014
Once you visit the Twitter account, you will see that the website and pictures will be fully online around midnight central time.
There appears to be a partial leak going around at the moment. I would ask that everyone be careful as to what they download
— John (@thesnappening) October 10, 2014