Snapchat leaks employee pay data after CEO email scam

No user data was breached, but incident proves even 'tech savvy millennials' can fall prey to a phishing email

Snapchat's pictures are deleted automatically seconds after they're viewed. Unfortunately, the same isn't true of the company's confidential financial records, which it just handed over to a scammer.

In a blogpost, the company apologised to its staffers after a phishing attack tricked an HR employee into handing over payroll information about "some current and former employees".