Zoom hackers posting PORN videos during coronavirus isolation video chats sparking FBI probe – The Sun

ZOOM is under investigation after users complained to the FBI of being bombarded with porn videos during teleconference meetings.

On Monday, the FBI's Boston office warned that it had "received multiple reports of conferences being disrupted by pornographic and/or hate images and threatening language."

Hackers have recently "Zoom-bombed" users and students utilizing the video conferencing app as millions remain isolated at home because of the coronavirus outbreak.

An unidentified person dialed into the virtual classroom of a Massachusetts high school and yelled profanity at the teacher before revealing the teacher's home address, the FBI said Monday.

Another school in the state reported seeing an unknown person with swastika tattoos.

Social media users have shared their eerie experiences using the hashtag "zoombombed", claiming that pornographic or racist images randomly appeared on their screens while using the popular app.

The FBI recommended that Zoom users set all meetings to private and avoid screen sharing to ward off potential hackers.

New York Attorney General Letitia James sent a letter to the California-based company "with a number of questions to ensure the company is taking appropriate steps to ensure users' privacy and security," a spokesman told Yahoo! News.

Zoom said it would be happy to provide AG James with the information she requested and said it "takes users' privacy, security, and trust extremely seriously."

"During the COVID-19 pandemic, we are working around-the-clock to ensure that hospitals, universities, schools and other businesses around the world can stay connected and operational," a spokesperson told French news agency AFP.

As remote working and learning continue to become the new normal during the ongoing outbreak, Zoom is enjoying a boost in popularity.

From March 9 to March 16, US downloads of the app surged by 252 per cent, according to research firm Sensor Tower.

The week of March 16 is around the same time states around the country began to roll out stricter stay-at-home measures.

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