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Hackers post account info of 4.6 million Snapchat users: report  Wednesday, Jan 01, 2014 07:58 PM PST (Reuters) - Computer hackers posted online usernames and partial phone numbers of 4.6 million users of mobile photo-sharing service Snapchat, media reports said on Wednesday. A website called SnapchatDB.info made the information available for download, according to tech news site TechCrunch. In a statement to TecCrunch, SnapchatDB said that it got the information through a recently identified and patched Snapchat exploit and that it was making the data available in an effort to convince the messaging app to beef up its security. Full Story	Top
Syrian Electronic Army says hacked into Skype's social media accounts  Wednesday, Jan 01, 2014 06:50 PM PST By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Syrian Electronic Army, an amorphous hacker collective that supports Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, claimed credit on Wednesday for hacking into the social media accounts of Internet calling service Skype. The group also posted the contact information of Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Corp's retiring chief executive, on its Twitter account along with the message, "You can thank Microsoft for monitoring your accounts/emails using this details. #SEA" That message was an apparent reference to revelations last year by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden that Skype, which is owned by Microsoft, was part of the NSA's program to monitor communications through some of the biggest U.S. Internet companies. Full Story	Top
Samsung Elec shares drop more than 2 percent on weak earnings outlook  Wednesday, Jan 01, 2014 05:17 PM PST SEOUL (Reuters) - Shares in Samsung Electronics Co Ltd dropped more than 2 percent in early trading Thursday, on continued lackluster forecasts of its Q4 earnings due to currency moves and shrinking margins in its display business. "We expect Samsung's performance to be about 9.5 trillion Korean won, lower than the market consensus around 10.2 trillion Korean won. The biggest reason would be the won-dollar exchange rate, followed by shrinking margins in organic light-emitting diode (OLED) sales," Lee Seung-woo, tech analyst at IBK Investment & Securities said. ... Full Story	Top

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