FBI warns of hackers hijacking online Zoom meetings, classes
Even working from home isn’t safe!
Hackers have been hijacking video conferences and online
classrooms on the popular software Zoom, in a frightening trend emerging amid
the coronavirus pandemic, the FBI warned on Monday.
“The FBI has received multiple reports of conferences being disrupted
by pornographic and/or hate images and threatening language,” said a warning
from the agency’s Boston division.
There have been at least two instances of so-called
“Zoom-bombing” in Massachusetts, including one where someone hacked a school
meeting and flashed swastika tattoos.
In another incident, a hacker dialed into an online class
being conducted using the teleconferencing software, yelled profanities and
shouted the teacher’s home address.
In Upstate New York, the Esopus Town Board’s meeting on
Monday was disrupted by a group of creeps who went on a racist rant and flashed
screenshots of hate group websites and Facebook pages, according to The Daily
Freeman.
A recording of the Zoom meeting will be turned over to
authorities and hate crime charges may be filed, Councilman Christopher Farrell
told the paper.
The feds issued tips for how to avoid getting hacked,
including making meetings or classrooms on Zoom private, not sharing conference
links on social media and managing screen-sharing options so only the host can
display theirs.
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