▶ Clubhouse security issue: 1 million user data leaked

If you have an account on all social networks, pay close attention to this Clubhouse security problem: data from 1 million users is leaked . Thus, they have verified it from the CyberNews website dedicated to computer security.

A few days ago Clubhouse was in the news due to a false announcement on Facebook about a non-existent version for PC that only intended to infect computers with malware computers. Now cybercriminals have leaked the personal data of 1.3 million user accounts of the app completely free of charge on a forum heavily visited by hackers.

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The enormous potential of social networks with accounts of millions of users is taken advantage of by hackers to search and find ways to break the security of the applications and extract the data as recently happened with other social platforms such as Facebook or Linkedin.

Clubhouse has become the fastest growing social network in recent months, with more than 10 million users Worldwide. The application currently only works with iPhone phones and iOS devices and communication within the application is done through audio chats.

The data leak was discovered by the security website CyberNews They detected a file suspected of having personal information on a well-known hacker forum .After analyzing this published file, it was found that it contained an SQL database with the data of more than a million Clubhouse user accounts. The data was uploaded to that web space and was accessible completely free of charge.

Each of the records showed personal user information regarding: a user identification code, their real name, profile picture, username, username on other social networks such as Twitter or Instagram, number of followers, number of accounts followed, account creation date, and the user for whom the invitation to Clubhouse was received.

Although it is true that no identification or bank details appeared, the hackers already have a lot of personal information in their hands with each of these records because personal data from other social networks such as Twitter or Instagram also appear.

From Clubhouse they have denied that this is a security problem and they also say they have not suffered any type of data theft. In addition, they claim that part of that leaked information has been made available through the company's API. If this is the case, another question arises. Why can this personal information or part of it be so exposed?

This is misleading and false. Clubhouse has not been breached or hacked. The data referred to is all public profile information from our app, which anyone can access via the app or our API. https://t.co/I1OfPyc0Bo

— Clubhouse (@Clubhouse) April 11, 2021

Anyway, if you have a Clubhouse account or know someone who does the best thing to do is to be very careful to avoid impersonating your identity or trying to scam you in any way another way.

The best way to avoid falling into the trap of cybercriminals is not to respond to suspicious messages that ask you to link to external websites or include your personal data. You should also not download any software or application that you don't know the source of or that you weren't looking for for some reason.

In addition, it is highly recommended that you change your social media passwords often, including strong passwords with characters, capital letters, and numbers and using also the authentication in two steps. If storing so many passwords is a hassle for you, you can use a password management program to make it easier for you every time you want to access an application or website.