Software House: Attackers could match phone numbers to Snapchat accounts, researchers say

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		Attackers could match phone numbers to Snapchat accounts, researchers say 12.27.2013 7:15 AM A legitimate feature for finding friends on Snapchat lacks rate limiting and can be abused, a security research group claims

		Report: NSA intercepts computer deliveries to plant spyware 12.30.2013 10:03 AM Germany's Der Spiegel, citing secret documents, also reported the NSA has backdoors in Juniper, Cisco, Huawei and Dell products

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