Security News > 2020 > September > Court hearing on election security is zoombombed on 9/11 anniversary with porn, swastikas, pics of WTC attacks
A court hearing on election security in America failed in its own security efforts - when it was zoombombed with porn, swastikas and images of the World Trade Center attacks.
The public hearing in an Atlanta federal district court on Friday had approximately 100 people on a Zoom conference call before it was taken over by a participant named Osama who shared his screen and showed offensive images complete with music.
The court ended the Zoom session, and restarted it an hour later with additional security measures, including a virtual waiting room.
Court clerk James Hatten told The Register the problem arose when the Zoom call was opened up to share exhibits, and the software enabled any participant to do the same.
The link to this hearing was made public and the court did not vet participants.
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