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    Even Snapchat falls victim to phishing attempts

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    Timothy J. Seppala
    Timothy J. Seppala
    02.29.2016

    Snapchat bragged about its eight billion daily video views on Monday, but over the weekend something happened that the ephemeral social app is probably less enthusiastic to admit: it's just as susceptible to phishing attempts as anyone else. A post on the company's blog says that last Friday someone impersonating the ghostly app's CEO emailed the payroll department and requested and received information about some of its staff.