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Whoa! Serious claim, serious bounty. What an absolutely awful situation if someone is deliberately attempting to smear a service that’s bringing people together in this crazy time. https://t.co/kMbiTMY7Bq pic.twitter.com/7krO42e2nk
— Troy Hunt (@troyhunt) March 31, 2020
Is the Houseparty thing overblown? I've got:
— Kevin Collier (@kevincollier) March 31, 2020
1 @LukasStefanko looked at the app, told @iblametom it was ok
2 Unrelated, some apparent teens tweeted they were hacked
3 @TheSun wrote up the tweets
4 Houseparty claimed a paid smear, offered a huge bug bountyhttps://t.co/fQJe2RmlcS
We are investigating indications that the recent hacking rumors were spread by a paid commercial smear campaign to harm Houseparty. We are offering a $1,000,000 bounty for the first individual to provide proof of such a campaign to bounty@houseparty.com.
— Houseparty (@houseparty) March 31, 2020
Ye totally overblown from what's available so far. Like, it's not even doing any noticeably shady tracking like so many apps are...
— Thomas Brewster (@iblametom) March 31, 2020
Owner of video chat app Houseparty offers $1m (£810,750) reward for evidence it is victim of a commercial smear campaign https://t.co/jbQ0lpESVM
— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) March 31, 2020
And good timing/good get on that story. I'm baffled by this paid smear accusation though. EPIC's description of what constitutes that campaign seems *awfully* thin. But at the same time there were a fair number of people seeming to make the same claim. Just a game of telephone?
— Kevin Collier (@kevincollier) March 31, 2020
Man said a 1Million Bounty like it's GTA ? https://t.co/rKTJA3Rjql
— Novelist (@Novelist) March 31, 2020
This is WILD.
— Donie O'Sullivan (@donie) March 31, 2020
Internet was abuzz with claims that Houseparty was linked to hacking.
Now Houseparty says it was a commercial smear campaign and is offering a $1 million bounty. https://t.co/sjLHFJ4DCF
In today's weirdest news:
— Catalin Cimpanu (@campuscodi) March 31, 2020
Houseparty app (think "Zoom for teens") offers a $1 million reward to unmask the entity behind recent hacking smear campaignhttps://t.co/EvLHYNcvEn pic.twitter.com/YrjerGmIsR
So about those Houseparty hacking rumors... the popular video chat app is now offering a $1 million reward to anyone who can identify the source of a "commercial smear campaign."
— Ryan Browne (@Ryan_Browne_) March 31, 2020
More here ?https://t.co/fFBiNWyNpN
.@houseparty users claim that the app has been compromised and its hacking into their Spotify, Netflix, and other accounts. However, @EpicGames, the maker of #HouseParty, says there is no evidence of any breach.#housepartyhackhttps://t.co/ohb3CdZFdV
— Tech2 (@tech2eets) March 31, 2020
Houseparty app offers $1m reward to unmask entity behind hacking smear campaign #CyberSec #Security #ThreatIntel #cybersecurity #dataprotection #privacy #cyberthreats #hackers #cybercrime #darkweb #cyberintelligence #Hacking #digitalrisk https://t.co/FG7f4decD5
— Jiniba (@JinibaBD) March 31, 2020