{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"OTAVA","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.otava.com","title":"Snapchat breach launches conversation about attention paid to security at startups","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"xSC8lEGcHN\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.otava.com\/blog\/snapchat-breach-launches-conversation-about-focus-on-security-at-startups\/\">Snapchat breach launches conversation about attention paid to security at startups<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.otava.com\/blog\/snapchat-breach-launches-conversation-about-focus-on-security-at-startups\/embed\/#?secret=xSC8lEGcHN\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Snapchat breach launches conversation about attention paid to security at startups&#8221; &#8212; OTAVA\" data-secret=\"xSC8lEGcHN\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.otava.com\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"In the days following the Snapchat data breach, a number of tech publications wrote a version of the same story: Startups don\u2019t (or can&#8217;t) pay enough attention to security. Earlier this month, phone numbers associated with 4.6 million accounts with the mobile photo-sharing service were breached by non-malicious hackers. The numbers were published with the last two digits obscured. Qualys chief technology officer Wolfgang Kandek told CSO Online he was not surprised Snapchat had trouble securing its application programming interfaces. &#8220;I think this is almost normal for a company at their stage that is focused mainly on scalability and functionality,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I am sure they will pay more attention to abuse and security issues in the future.&#8221; In an article for BizTech Magazine, Ricky Ribeiro writes that \u201cbuilding a business requires founders to wear so many hats that sometimes the security hat just never makes it out of the closet. Scale, stability and revenue take precedence.\u201d Ribeiro ends his story like this: \u201cIf startup founders weren\u2019t thinking about securing their corporate user data before, the Snapchat breach should definitely inspire them to build a strategic security plan going forward.\u201d Of course, not all startups should be characterized as security...","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/otava.test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/encrypted-cloud.png"}