More Zoom issues, settings not set correctly, judge terminates proceedings and the meeting

Yesterday, I was alerted to an article from Krebs on Security that talks about the teenager in Florida that is part of the attempted hack on Twitter that took place on July 15th. The article doesn’t necessarily talk about anything new, since the judge or whoever set up the meeting didn’t set things correctly, so it wouldn’t surprise you if you heard that porn was streamed in to the conference and people were able to unmute themselves and cause havoc.

The incident occurred at a bond hearing held via the videoconferencing service Zoom by the Hillsborough County, Fla. criminal court in the case of Graham
Clark. The 17-year-old from Tampa was arrested earlier this month on suspicion of social engineering his way into Twitter’s internal computer systems and
tweeting out a bitcoin scam through the accounts of high-profile Twitter users.

Notice of the hearing was available via public records filed with the Florida state attorney’s office. The notice specified the Zoom meeting time and ID
number, essentially allowing anyone to participate in the proceeding.

Even before the hearing officially began it was clear that the event would likely be “zoom bombed.” That’s because while participants were muted by default,
they were free to unmute their microphones and transmit their own video streams to the channel.

Sure enough, less than a minute had passed before one attendee not party to the case interrupted a discussion between Clark’s attorney and the judge by
streaming a live video of himself adjusting his face mask. Just a few minutes later, someone began interjecting loud music.

It became clear that presiding Judge Christopher C. Nash was personally in charge of administering the video hearing when, after roughly 15 seconds worth
of random chatter interrupted the prosecution’s response, Nash told participants he was removing the troublemakers as quickly as he could.

To add insult to injury, the information was available to the public which could be a good thing, just like court hearings are available for anyone to come in if they want. But my question is whether or not its possible to change settings while a meeting is in session for people not to be allowed to unmute, and other critical settings to have a successful meeting or court proceeding in this case?

The article goes on to talk about the defendants history including sim swapping and social engineering. In 2019, according to the article, the defendant was responsible for lifting 160 bitcoin from someone, and when he was arrested, they were able to recover 100 of those bitcoin and I believe returned it back to the rightful owner.

For more on this including an article linked within, please read Porn Clip Disrupts Virtual Court Hearing for Alleged Twitter Hacker from Krebs on Security, and make it a great day!