{"id":103440,"date":"2018-07-09T11:13:13","date_gmt":"2018-07-09T11:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=103440"},"modified":"2025-07-01T23:19:42","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T06:19:42","slug":"timehop-facebook-hacked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/timehop-facebook-hacked\/","title":{"rendered":"Popular Facebook app hacked. Millions of users affected"},"content":{"rendered":"

The popular Facebook app Timehop<\/a>, which highlights users\u2019 old social media content has been hacked. The attack took place on the July 4 and resulted in the data of over 21 million users ending up in the hands of hackers. Due to the breach, Timehop has suspended all the social media permissions it held and has begun alerting its users.<\/p>\n

\"\"
Over 21 million users have been affected by the Timehop hack<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In a blog post detailing the attack<\/a>, Timehop claims to have discovered the attack while it was taking place. While the company was able to interrupt the attack, some user data was still taken. This data includes names, email addresses, and about 4.7 million user phone numbers. Timehop reports that no private\/direct messages, financial data, or social media or photo content, or Timehop data including streaks were affected by the attack.<\/p>\n

\r\n

Facebook scandals<\/p>\r\n

\r\n \r\n
\r\n
\r\n
<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n
\r\n

Facebook deliberately shared your data with 60 companies<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/a>\r\n \r\n

\r\n
\r\n
<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n
\r\n

Facebook banned<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/a>\r\n <\/div>\r\n

\r\n \r\n
\r\n
\r\n
<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n
\r\n

Facebook suspends over 200 apps in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/a>\r\n \r\n

\r\n
\r\n
<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n
\r\n

Facebook deletes over 200 accounts and pages linked to Russian troll farm<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/a>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/span><\/p>\n

Timehop users who want to continue using the service will have to re-authenticate the Timehop apps they\u2019re interested in keeping. Until affected users do this, as the apps no longer have permission, their\u00a0apps will\u00a0be running dormant. Any apps that are re-authenticated will receive a secure permissions chip, replacing the compromised chips affected by the breach.<\/p>\n

The reasoning behind the breach<\/a> seems to be an issue with the security of the cloud computing service Timehop was using:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe breach occurred because an access credential to our cloud computing environment was compromised. That cloud computing account had not been protected by multifactor authentication\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Timehop hasn\u2019t released the specific details of the breach, but the lack of two-factor authorization means a hacker only needed to guess the password of the account to access all of the data.<\/p>\n

\"Timehopp
Users will have to re-authenticate Timehop apps<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This breach only highlights further the importance of taking adequate security measures to protect your data, with two-step authorization being a minimum level of security these days<\/a>. Now\u00a0could also be a good time to take a look at the permissions you\u2019ve been giving to third-party apps<\/a> via your social media and Google accounts. Apps like Timehop take our details and then we don\u2019t even use them that often, while our details remain part of a database that is attractive to thieves and scammers. For information on how to secure your data, check out any of the Softonic tutorials below.<\/p>\n

\r\n

Social Security Tips and Tricks<\/p>\r\n

\r\n \r\n
\r\n
\r\n
<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n
\r\n

How to set up two-factor authentication on Facebook<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/a>\r\n \r\n

\r\n
\r\n
<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n
\r\n

How to bulk delete apps and website logins on Facebook<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/a>\r\n <\/div>\r\n

\r\n \r\n
\r\n
\r\n
<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n
\r\n

How to manage Android permissions to prevent apps from spying on you<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/a>\r\n \r\n

\r\n
\r\n
<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n
\r\n

How to find and block advertisers and apps on Facebook<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/a>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The popular Facebook app Timehop, which highlights users\u2019 old Facebook content has been hacked. The attack took place on the July 4 and resulted in the data of over 21 million users ending up in the hands of hackers. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9073,"featured_media":103442,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[1082,2353,1059,1063,1068,1083,1027,1035],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-103440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-android","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionfacebook","tag-facebook","tag-facebook-messenger","tag-google","tag-ios","tag-security","tag-social-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9073"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103440"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103440\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":327732,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103440\/revisions\/327732"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103440"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=103440"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=103440"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=103440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}