- More than a million clubhouse users have had their personal data leaked online.
- The social media app, which is popular for its audio community, is the latest to undergo a data breach.
- User data from LinkedIn and Facebook has also been exposed online over the past week.
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The personal information of 1.3 million clubhouse users was leaked online on a popular hacker forum, according to a report by Cyber News on Saturday.
The leaked data from clubhouse users contains names, profile names on social media and other details.
Clubhouse did not immediately respond to a request for comment. As Cyber News reports, the exposed data could enable bad actors to target users
fishing
schemes or identity theft.
The invite-only social media app was launched in March 2020 and has grown into a popular platform, attracting millions of users. The audio community enables users to engage on various topics in conversations or ‘rooms’. The company is reportedly in talks for a round of financing that values the company at $ 4 billion.
Saturday’s report on a clubhouse violation is the latest to appear last week.
In the same publication, it was reported on Tuesday that the personal data of 500 million LinkedIn users – about two-thirds of the platform’s user base – had been deleted and offered for sale online. A LinkedIn spokesperson confirmed to Insider on Thursday that there is indeed a dataset of public information that has been deleted from its platform. A hacker tries to sell the data for a four-digit amount and possibly in the form of bitcoin.
Paul Prudhomme, an analyst at security intelligence company IntSights, told Insider that the exposed data is important because bad actors can use it to attack companies through their employees’ information.
Days before reports of LinkedIn and clubhouse data leaks surfaced, insider Aaron Holmes reported that the full names, location, email addresses and other sensitive information of 533 million Facebook users had been posted in a forum.
Security researchers told Insider that hackers could use the exposed data to mimic or deceive them into revealing sensitive login information.