Snapchat Vulnerable to Data Hack

From ZDNET:
Hackers have made sure that popular photo sharing app Snapchat got a hearty lump of coal for Christmas.  After having its security disclosure go ignored since August, Gibson Security has published Snapchat's previously undocumented developer hooks (API) and code for two exploits that allow mass matching of phone numbers with names and mass creation of bogus accounts.  on the GibSec Twitter account on Christmas Eve — which by time difference is Christmas Day in Australia.
The Australian hackers announced its publication of Snapchat's API and the two exploits 

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