Last April, a Vermont Senate Committee on Agriculture meeting was interrupted by a hacker who projected pornographic images and racial slurs.Ĭomstock said he thinks the issue began when all participants were mistakenly given screen-sharing capabilities, which is how the user was able to project the images and video.
Zoom “porn bombing” has become an abusive phenomenon of the remote-life era brought on by the pandemic. “It was definitely an upsetting experience when you can’t react as instantaneously as you would have liked.” “Immediately, folks said, ‘OK, let’s shut it down,’” Comstock said. Once the user was booted from the meeting, the assembly resumed, but for the time being is no longer available to the public.Īccording to Jeff Comstock, a member of the Ward 7 Steering committee, the planning assembly was “porn-bombed” in the summer as well. The video has since been taken down by Town Meeting TV, the service that streams Burlington’s public forums and meetings. The live Youtube feed cut to the assembly’s home page, accompanied by some elevator music. Second later, organizers figured out how to pull the plug. “Shut the meeting down!” But the participant continued, and up came an erotic video. “Oh dear, oh dear,” one participant shouted. As hosts of the meeting began to realize what happened, they scrambled to turn off screen-sharing and knock the user off the call. The hacker gained screen control and started typing in “porn gif” to a website search bar. A portion of the meeting was a forum for candidates for mayor.
About an hour into Wednesday night’s Ward 4 and Ward 7 Neighborhood Planning Assembly in Burlington, an unwelcome participant began to pull up explicit images.Īli Dieng, a mayoral candidate and independent Ward 7 city councilor, was discussing infrastructure development and homelessness when the erotic images started to appear.
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