Maurizio Pesce via FlickrArts+Culture / NewsInternet creeps strike again with ‘The Snappening’Hackers have stolen 200,000 Snapchat images and video – many of them featuring teenagersShareLink copied ✔️October 10, 2014Arts+CultureNewsText Zing Tsjeng Hackers have intercepted hundreds of thousands of Snapchat images and videos and leaked them online, Business Insider reports. 4chan users are already calling it as “The Snappening”, in reference to the recent hack that targeted over a hundred female celebrities. Norweigian newspaper Dagbladet says that up to 200,000 images had been stolen. Many of the images are of teenagers and constitute child pornography. Half of all Snapchat users are between 13 and 17 years old. 4chan users talking about The SnappeningScreenshot from 4chan Hackers were able to access the data via a third-party service that allowed users to hold onto photos and videos, which are otherwise automatically deleted by the official Snapchat app. A source claims that hackers were able to intercept the images through SnapSaved.com, a now-defunct site that let users save Snapchats online. In the process, it stored the data (and the usernames of senders) on a server, which was then accessed and published online by hackers. The database of stolen photos and videos first posted on viralpop.com, though the site is now offline. 4chan users who have downloaded the files are reported to be working on a database that allows people to search the Snapchats by username. Dazed has reached out to Snapchat for comment. (h/t Business Insider) Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.TrendingThese photos capture moments of beauty and surprise in Mexico CityCo-edited by Nan Goldin, Órale: Love and Death in Mexico City is the only photo book by the late Michel Hurst. Here, his partner Robert Swope discusses Hurst’s work and their decades-long love affairArt & PhotographyArt & PhotographyThese photos portray life on a tropical island as a beautiful prison PumaLife & CultureMeet freestyle footballer Janella HernandezLife & CultureHaving a landline is now the ultimate post-digital flexBeautyIn pictures: Lesbians take London for the Dyke March 2026FashionStreet style: Parisians strip off at a sweltering Fête de la MusiqueBeauty10 of the hottest Instagram accounts fusing art, sex and eroticaLife & CultureThe silliest and sexiest takeaways from Pornhub’s 2025 report Nike FashionNike celebrates the culture of U.S. soccerEscape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy