This video chat app has offered $1 million reward over hacking claims

Group video chat app Houseparty offered a reward of $1 million 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.
Houseparty, owned by Fortnite maker Epic Games, has denied hacking claims.
“All Houseparty accounts are safe – the service is secure, has never been compromised, and doesn’t collect passwords for other sites,” it said in a tweet.
“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.”

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