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Related: 5 Ways COVID-19 Changed The Porn Industry-Maybe Forever The hacker then proceeded to screen share images of child exploitation-commonly known as child pornography-causing panic in the meeting for 12 seconds before the host was finally able to shut off the offender’s camera.Ī similar type of crime has also hit schools: in South Carolina, a virtual graduation ceremony was interrupted by a more advanced hacker who kicked the school principal off of the call and proceeded to share a pornographic video to over 40 people. In Texas at a community Zoom meeting held in May 2020, an attendee used the name of a regular community member and was let into the meeting. Unfortunately, while they may be done in an attempt at a bad joke, some of these so-called “pranks” are serious crimes. In the last few months, as meetings have shifted over to the digital realm, so have uninvited guests attempting to prank or hijack meetings. This isn’t the only case of “zoombombing,” the name for this type of unwanted and often obscene interruption via Zoom. These attendees began screen-sharing pornographic videos and playing music repeatedly until the hearing was suspended by the judge overseeing the meeting. Here’s an example of what we mean: A virtual judicial hearing in Florida held in July 2020 over Zoom was “interrupted” by hackers falsely self-named as mainstream news reporters.

And while COVID-19 can’t be spread through the screen, that doesn’t mean there aren’t some digital risks of Zoom parties.

Work meetings, school, and friend hangouts are commonly held on the video interfacing software. There’s no way around it-our pandemic world is ruled by Zoom, now.