A Snapchat employee inadvertently spilled sensitive company information after falling for an email trick.
On Friday, an unidentified worker for the maker of the popular photo and video sharing app received an email asking for payroll information, Snapchat revealed in a blog post published Sunday.
The email, which claimed to be from Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel, apparently seemed legitimate enough to the person, who complied with the request.
Oops.
The email was actually a phishing scam, and it resulted in pay and personal data for some employees being divulged to an outsider.
Snapchat stressed that none of its internal systems were breached and that no user information was compromised.