A pirate has successfully entered a virtual gymnastics course for children using the Zoom videoconferencing tool. The session was organized by a sports club in Plymouth (United Kingdom) and sixty children attended from a distance. The hacker broadcast to all participants images of sexual assaults on minors, reports The Guardian . He is now wanted by the police of the counties of Devon and Cornwall.
Investigators believe that the cybercriminal learned about the online session by visiting online forums where the event was announced. The authorities ask those present at the videoconference in question to come forward in order to receive both help and support. Users of remote meeting platforms are also invited to ensure that the call organizer is the only one who can share files and that the event is prohibited for non-invited persons.
"Absolutely terrible and shocking"
"It is essential to understand what security configuration you have determined and what possibilities are available in your software," advises Grahame Mace, a police officer specializing in cybersecurity. Make sure you are not vulnerable, lock everything down and keep criminals out. ”
Zoom said "to condemn without reservation such acts". The company claims to have strengthened the security options on its programs allowing users to protect themselves more easily. She considers the intrusion "absolutely terrible and shocking" and "encourages customers to report any such incident to law enforcement and then directly to Zoom so that we can take the necessary action."
The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) considers that the compulsory display of these images during gymnastics lessons is part of "a worrying trend" and asks the publishers for conference tools to best protect the users.
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