Due to lockdowns enforced in several countries to contain the spread of the coronavirus, people working from home are using more video and chat apps such as Houseparty, Zoom and Microsoft's Teams. — AP
Group video chat app Houseparty offered a reward of US$1mil (RM4.32mil) for evidence of what it said was a smear campaign against the company as it fought to quash claims that the app was stealing data from others installed on the same smartphone.
Hundreds of tweets have surfaced in the last two days, claiming that their Spotify, Snapchat and other accounts were hacked after downloading the Houseparty app.
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