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Houseparty offering $1 million for proof hacking rumors are smear campaign

Thousands of users took to Twitter over the weekend with complaints of attempted hacking. What you need to know Popular video-calling app Houseparty is offering a $1 million bounty to anyone who can prove it has been hit by a paid smear campaign. That's after countless Twitter users took to the service claiming the app had lead to other online accounts being hacked. Services such as Netflix, eBay, Instagram, and Spotify were all reportedly compromised. Houseparty is offering a $1 million to anyone who can provide evidence that it has been targeted by a paid commercial smear campaign after thousands of accusations that the app had compromised user accounts for other services appeared on Twitter. As we reported yesterday , hundreds of users took to Twitter over the weekend to suggest that since downloading the Houseparty app, the security of their other internet accounts for services like Netflix, Spotify and Instagram had been compromised. From that report: There are a