Security News > 2020 > April > Zoom Bombing Attack Hits U.S. Government Meeting

A U.S. House Oversight Committee meeting was the most recent victim of a Zoom bombing attack, after the meeting was disrupted at least three different times by uninvited attendees.

Previous reports of Zoom bombing incidents have pointed to the trolls spreading hate speech such as racist messages, threats of sexual harassment, and pornographic images, which have reportedly driven meeting participants offline or forced meetings to be abruptly cancelled.

The issue of governments utilizing Zoom - and their knowledge around how to secure Zoom meetings - was hit with a media spotlight after UK prime minister Boris Johnson tweeted a picture of his Zoom meeting in which the meeting ID was visible.

Zoom bombing has been spiking upwards over the past few weeks, despite the FBI cracking down on the issue and warning that those who take part in Zoom bombing could face jail time.

A recent report by ZDNet recently pointed to attackers gathering in online communities to share Zoom conference codes or make Zoom bombing requests against certain online classes, for instance.

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