On public forums such as Discord and Reddit, efforts have been coordinated to disrupt Zoom sessions, while certain Twitter accounts advertise meeting ids and passwords or meeting links (allowing users to instantly join a meeting instead of entering the credentials required to access) for sessions that were vulnerable to being joined without authorization. Zoom-bombing has caused significant issues in particular for schools, colleges, companies, and organizations worldwide. Once the hackers gain access to a meeting, typically they share their screens in order to take control of the meeting and bombard attendees with illicit content. It happens when a zoom meeting link is posted on social media without the host's permission.Ī Zoom bomber’s goal is to wreak havoc in a variety of ways.Ī session is ultimately hijacked by unwanted participants and generally material that is lewd, obscene, racist, misogynistic is shared as part of the attack.

‘Zoom-bombing or Zoom raiding’ refers to the unwanted, disruptive intrusion, generally by Internet trolls, into a video-conference call.