Video conferencing software Zoom’s leaky security standards are well-known at this point as have been reported multiple times during the past weeks.
The worldwide move to work from home has garnered more users for the company, more than they ever expected – hundreds of thousands in fact, and those very users’ data can now be bought on the dark web according to a report by The Star.
A cyber-security called Cyble bought 530,000 Zoom accounts from hackers peddling on the dark web and have notified both Zoom as well as users worldwide of the issue. They say that they bought each account for only 0.20 cents (0.80 sen) cents each.
Cyble has discovered that these accounts were used for ‘Zoombombing’ where by hackers can jump into a stranger’s conversation to broadcast unsolicited content.
They also gained details such as e-mail addresses, passwords, meeting web addresses, and host keys which is ‘key’ for Zoombombing.
If you use Zoom, visit Cyble’s AmIBreached to check if your data has been compromized; plus, remember to change your password immediately.
