Snapchat Hack: ‘Snapsaved’ Wants Monetary Reward To Talk About The Leaked 100,000+ Photos/Videos But Denies Its Involvement

Last week, many Snapchat users were taken aback with the news of 100,000+ explicit Snapchat photos and videos leaked online. This data leak consists of explicit images and videos of teenagers and adults that use Snapchat. This unfortunate incident is dubbed as "Snappening," in the lines of "Fappening" referring to the nude images leaked from Apple iCloud accounts of well-known celebrities like Jennifer Lawrence, Kim Kardashian and Rihanna, among others.

Reportedly, the source of the Snapchat data leak is a third-party Snapchat client called "Snapsaved." For those unfamiliar, Snapsaved is a website that allows users to save photos from Snapchat, whereas Snapchat deletes the messages/photos automatically. An anonymous developer working for Snapsaved said in a Facebook post that the site was hacked and hence the user data was leaked. Thus, the origin of the data leak was revealed, says Business Insider.

Notably, the Snappening issue with100,000+ breached files pertains to the U.S., Sweden and Norway Snapchat users. In a twist of event, after admitting to the hacking, Snapsaved is apparently demanding "monetary reward" in order to talk about the whole hacking issue, says Motherboard reporter Jason Koebler. Apparently, Jason tried contacting Snapsaved via the Facebook page where the company informed the world of its inability to avoid getting hacked. The company replied back stating that it would require bitcoins for an exclusive interview, according to reports.

Moreover, Jason asked Snapsaved about the rationality behind trying to make money out of a mistake of its own. The owner of Snapsaved informed him that the number of interview requests is building-up from various sources and that the time is limited. Plus, the company further added that Snapsaved is not based in the U.S. and hence there is a criminal investigation going on against the hackers in its country, says the same publication.

In the words of Snapsaved, "Hello, we can give you an interview, but since we are getting contacted by so many agencies, we would like to know if you could offer any monetary reward for the interview." "This would be via bit coins or the like," the company added further.

In the meantime, an anonymous post on the famous note website "Pastebin" blamed the owners of Snapsaved for deliberately giving access to hackers. However, a recent update from Snapsaved repudiates this claim.

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