'Zoombombing,' in which someone hijacks a video call and posts hate speech or offensive images, is happening more as meetings move online. Zoombombers have disrupted an AA meeting, Sunday school, online classes, a doctoral dissertation, and more.
Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty ImagesZoom is wildly popular, but it's now under scrutiny for security and privacy issues.Dennis Johnson fell victim last week to a new form of harassment known as"Zoombombing," in which intruders hijack video calls and post hate speech and offensive images such as pornography. It's a phenomenon so alarming that the FBI has issued a warning about using Zoom.
He had a big audience — he estimated it was about 40 people, including"my closest friends, family and my classmates and my dissertation committee" at California State University, Long Beach, he said.Johnson is the first member of his family to graduate from college, let alone get a doctorate. He wanted to share the moment with them.
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