Is Houseparty hacking PayPal, Netflix and Instagram accounts of its users? If you can prove it you may get $1 million from the company.
Amidst the Coronavirus pandemic that has sent the entire world under full or partial lockdown and people in self-isolation mode working from home, apps like Houseparty have proven to be a blessing for the house-bound populace.
Houseparty, in particular, has witnessed an incredible increase in its daily downloads. However, many users are complaining that the app is hijacking their social media and banking accounts.
A number of British media outlets including Mirror Online, have reported that either Houseparty has been hacked or the app has hacked its users’ PayPal, eBay, Instagram, Netflix, and Spotify accounts.
Houseparty, a video conferencing-based desktop and mobile application owned by the Fortnite fame Epic Games, has denied these claims.
On its Twitter handle, the company categorically rejected British tabloids’ reports and announced a reward of $1 million to anyone offering evidence that a “paid commercial smear campaign” has been launched to cause reputational damage. Houseparty’s tweet read:
“Houseparty hasn’t hacked your bank account. 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@Housep ..
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