Security News > 2020 > July > Fun fact: If you noticed a while ago Zoom's web client going AWOL for a week, it's because someone found a passcode-cracking hole

"I poked about in the Zoom app and noticed the default passwords being six digits and numeric, meaning one million maximum passwords," Anthony explained in a write-up this week.

While Anthony focused on the web client for his research, he believed the issue was present in all forms of the Zoom client.

If you're wondering why the web version of Zoom went offline for a week in April, it was to fix this very issue after he alerted Zoom to the security shortcoming.

Upon learning of this issue, we immediately took down the Zoom web client to ensure our users' security.

"In a statement to The Register this week, a Zoom spokesperson said:"Upon learning of this issue on April 1, we immediately took down the Zoom web client to ensure our users' security while we implemented mitigations.

News URL

https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2020/07/31/zoom_cracking_flaw/