Thousands of children, some as young as 10, are facing the horror of seeing nude pictures of themselves posted on the net.
Message boards on a notorious website called 4Chan have been inundated with details of the “The Snappening”.
Hackers claim they have managed to break in to another image-saving service that allows users of Snapchat to store pictures received before they vanish.
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