Several articles and even talks like this mornings talk by Mikko Hyponen talked about Zoom Bombing. Zoom is a relatively new platform that has been around for a little bit. Blind Bargains used it when they hosted a webinar talking about a new braille display.
Several services like No Cost Conference, Go to Meeting, and others that I may not have mentioned have existed for quite awhile now.
The experts are describing Zoom Bombing as someone who is able to gain access to a conference and disrupt it either by causing havoc, or take over a conference by putting up images or anything else they want to do.
These types of services have controls in place to make it as secure as possible, and Mikko talked about Zoom Bombing during this morning’s talk. He says that people can set passwords, and even make screen sharing something that only the host can do.
The talk lasted about 45 minutes or so, and hopefully I can get this talk released.
‘Zoom Bombing’ is Real and Could Happen to You: FBI – NBC 7 San Diego is one such article with a search on zoom bombing to get a clear definition to post here.
You can do a search and see tons of coverage on this, and I think this should be talked about. This is sadly no April fools joke, its a real thing.
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