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Data leak from voice SNS application “Clubhouse” turned out

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Bloomberg, a major overseas media, reported on February 22, local time, that a data leak was confirmed on the popular voice SNS “Clubhouse”.

Data leak turned out

According to Bloomberg, one user extracted audio data from multiple Clubhouse “rooms” last weekend and distributed the audio on another website.
 
A Clubhouse spokeswoman confirmed to Bloomberg that a data breach had occurred and explained that the leaked user’s account had been permanently suspended and that additional security measures had already been taken.
 
The BBC, a major British media, interviewed a security expert and said, “It seems that the actions of the user who leaked the voice data were not malicious attacks or intentional hacking.” ..
 
There is a partial flaw in Clubhouse’s security, and the user who caused the incident may have used the flaw as a loophole and reprinted the audio data to another website.

Clubhouse is growing in popularity

Clubhouse is rapidly gaining popularity around the world, with the number of app downloads in Japan ranking first at the end of January, and on February 16th, the cumulative number of downloads worldwide reached 8.1 million. I am.
 
Meanwhile, on February 12, a group of US researchers pointed out that the Chinese government could have access to Clubhouse voice data.
 
As pointed out, the outflow was discovered just before the operating company was strengthening data protection measures, and it seems that further strengthening of security measures will be an issue for Clubhouse, which continues to grow rapidly.
 
 
Source: Bloomberg, BBC
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