Hackers announced, via Twitter, an auction to sell the phone numbers of users of the “Club House” application, after they succeeded in acquiring it.
Twitter users circulated tweets posted by hackers about the details of an auction to sell the phone numbers of 3.8 billion people around the world who use the Club House application.
Full phone number database of #Clubhouse is up for sale on the #Darknet. It contains 3.8 billion phone numbers. These are not just members but also people in contact lists that were synced. Chances are high that you are listed even if you haven't had a Clubhouse login. pic.twitter.com/PfAkUJ0BL5
— Marc Ruef (@mruef) July 23, 2021
According to the tweets, the auction is scheduled for September 4, which coincides with the 23rd anniversary of Google’s founding, and the hackers announced the auction on the “dark web”.
The pirates said that the phone numbers to be offered for sale include mobile, fixed and private phone numbers, and the numbers of professionals, all of which are classified according to a national and international arrangement for each person and organization.
Millions of phone #'s of @Clubhouse users have been allegedly leaked and are 'up for sale' on the #Darkweb #Darknet
It also stores or sync w/ #'s of people in users' phonebooks. So even if you haven't logged into the Clubhouse, there's a good possibility you're listed.#privacy pic.twitter.com/pjc69Kmv5Z
— EFANI (@efani) July 25, 2021
Earlier, Swiss security expert Mark Reeve warned, on his account on the social networking site Twitter, against offering the entire Clubhouse database for sale on the “Dark Web”.
“The chances are high that you are on the list even if you don’t have a Clubhouse login,” the security expert warned.
Mark’s tweet caused an uproar, especially with the large number of whose data was leaked, according to him, what some considered a major scandal for an application that attracted many since its inception.