Timehop, one of the most popular applications for "going back in time" within our social networks, has been hacked and stolen data from over 21 million accounts, including the names of Users, e-mail addresses and number of phones associated with the profiles. The problem takes a particular dimension when, out of these 21 million accounts, about 4.7 million (scattered around the world) have associated personal phone numbers.

The data theft took place on July 4, taking advantage of a vacation in the United States, but according to the company, they were able to stop on time. In this sense, according to Timehop ​​ the memories of the users were not accessible that is to say the personal content of the associated social networks stored in the application.

In addition, the "access tokens" that allow the application to connect to social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram have also been compromised, potentially allowing thieves to see messages on social networks they have access to aggregator, putting more pressure on the company and forcing users to re-identify themselves on all social networks to renew the

Whatever the case may be, the case is serious.For many users, the identification and user information are the same as on social networks, and The information thieves also have names of users and emails, so it should not be too difficult for someone with malice. to gain access to a The recommendation, therefore, is that if you If you've used Timehop ​​before, change your passwords and associated account IDs as soon as possible and review their permissions.