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Houseparty puts out $1 million bounty on proof of hacking

The video-conferencing and group video-gaming app Houseparty, which was bought by Fortnite developer Epic Games in 2019, has announced a 1 million USD reward for anyone who can provide evidence for recent social media allegations that downloading the Houseparty app led to users' Snapchat and Netflix accounts being hacked. Houseparty has denied these allegations and asked anyone with proof to contact bounty@houseparty.com to claim their reward.

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