(Reuters) – 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 Spotify, Snapchat and other accounts on people’s phones were hacked after they downloaded the Houseparty app, which was acquired by Fortnite-maker Epic Games last June.
“Our investigation found that many of the original tweets spreading this claim have been deleted and we’ve noticed Twitter accounts suspended,” said Nick Chester, spokesperson for Epic Games, after the company noticed the tweets on Monday morning.
Houseparty, which saw an average daily download of about 278,606 in March as per Reuters’ calculations based on data from analytics firm Apptopia, has denied hacking claims.
“All Houseparty accounts are safe – the service is secure, has never…
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