Despite the rumours spreading online, there’s no evidence that a Houseparty security breach has occurred.
In recent days warnings have spread rapidly across social networking sites that the Houseparty app – which makes it easy for anyone to drop in for a video chat with friends locked down during the Coronavirus pandemic – is unsafe.
According to claims reshared widely, users found that their other online accounts had been hacked into after they had installed the Houseparty app.
For instance, Mary from Scotland tweeted screenshots of notifications she had received that her Spotify account had been accessed from Israel, Russia, and The Netherlands.
Alongside the screenshots of the Spotify notifications she received, Mary wrote:
been hacked three times off the houseparty app into my spotify. would recommend deleting asap x
Meanwhile, others tweeted warnings to Houseparty users that they should delete their accounts and delete the app. Anything less, they claimed, would not be enough to stop their accounts on other sites from being compromised.
In no time at all, warnings were circulating on social media about email and bank accounts being hacked after installing the Houseparty app:
If anyone is using that house party app DELETE ITMy friends email account been hacked into by itAnd managed to get bank account details too and has hacked that.I’ve seen a few other people saying this too on twitter.I also keep getting dodgey emails.Just a warning x
Do you notice what is missing? What is absent from the warnings is any link to a legitimate computer security firm con ..
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