Social media platform Clubhouse says reports of data breach - which prompted Hong Kong authorities to issue security warning - are false
- CyberNews earlier reported some 1.3 million user records of Clubhouse had been exposed online
- That prompted Hong Kong’s privacy watchdog to issue a security warning
The social media platform Clubhouse has said reports of a personal data breach involving it’s 1.3 million users, which prompted Hong Kong’s privacy watchdog to issue a security warning, were “misleading and false”.
Online publication CyberNews had claimed that personal information of users of the invite-only iOS app had been exposed over the weekend, prompting Hong Kong’s privacy commissioner’s office to urge local users to step up their security.
But Clubhouse took to Twitter on Sunday to refute the claims made by CyberNews.
“Clubhouse has not been breached or hacked,” it said. “The data referred to is all public profile information from our app, which anyone can access via the app or our API (application programming interface).”
The privacy commissioner’s office said it was contacting the social media platform to remind it that if there were any breaches, Clubhouse should “notify the affected users as soon as possible to mitigate the risks arising from the incident”.
The Clubhouse scare came days after reports that the personal data of 500 million users of Facebook and Linkedln each were extracted and posted online for sale.
