NEWS.COM.AU – SNAPCHAT users may be in for a not-so-pleasant surprise this Christmas.

Hackers could gain access to the phone numbers and names of the app’s users because of a loophole in its coding and API (application programming interface), a new report from online security firm Gibson Security has revealed.

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Snapchat were made aware of this security glitch in August, but ignored it.