Clubhouse audio chats are breached, raising concerns over cybersecurity

  • An unidentified user was able to stream Clubhouse audio feeds this past weekend from ‘multiple rooms’ in the platform into a third-party website
  • Users of the app should assume all conversations are being recorded, according to the Stanford Internet Observatory, which was the first to raise security concerns

Clubhouse has declined to explain what steps it is taking to prevent a similar breach as one this past weekend, when an unidentified user was able to stream audio feeds from ‘multiple rooms’ in the app into a third-party website. Photo: DPA

A week after popular chat room app Clubhouse said it was taking steps to ensure user data could not be stolen by malicious hackers or spies, at least one attacker has proven the platform’s live audio can be siphoned.

An unidentified user was able to stream Clubhouse audio feeds this weekend from “multiple rooms” into their own third-party website, said Reema Bahnasy, a spokeswoman for Clubhouse.

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