The Zoom bombings have become so widespread that the FBI put out an alert earlier this week warning of the disruptions to online classes and other teleconferences held on the platform. One new phenomenon is “Zoom bombing,” when hackers or other individuals access and disrupt a live meeting.Īn example of this occurred during a virtual meeting of the Heman Sweatt Center for Black Males at the University of Texas this week when unknown users joined the meeting and shouted racist slurs to disrupt it.Īnd multiple Alcoholics Anonymous meetings in New York being held through Zoom were disrupted over the past week by individuals urging the participants to drink alcohol.
While a spokesperson for Zoom declined to comment on exactly how many people used the video conference tool in March, Yuan said during a press call last month that “we have seen a large increase in the number of free users, meeting minutes and new video use cases.”īut this week, the company was hit by multiple controversies, as increased use shined a spotlight on vulnerabilities that might have otherwise flown under the radar.
