More than half a million Zoom accounts are offered for sale on dark web to cyber criminals looking to hack video meetings… for 1p each
- The popularity of Zoom has soared as Covid-19 lockdown restrictions force people to work from home across the globe
- It now hosts more than 200 million online meetings a day – up from 10 million
- Zoom’s China-born founder Eric Yuan, 50, estimated to be worth £4.6 billion, has been forced to apologise for numerous security breaches
- Here’s how to help people impacted by Covid-19
The details of more than half a million Zoom accounts are being offered for sale on the internet’s dark web to cyber criminals looking to hack into confidential video meetings.
Crooks can buy usernames, passwords and other data to break into private online meetings and steal sensitive information from banks, financial firms and even universities.
The popularity of Zoom, which connects people via video or audio calls on computers and smartphones, has soared as Covid-19 restrictions force people to work from home.
The Zoom app has become even more popular during the lockdown
It now hosts more than 200 million online meetings a day – up from 10 million last year.
But investigators from cyber security firm Cyble discovered more than half a million Zoom accounts on sale for less than a penny per account. They included confidential details for employees of international banks including Citibank and Chase.
It is the latest in a string of security failures that have prompted major companies and even the UK Government to abandon the app.
Zoom’s founder China-born founder Eric Yuan, 50, estimated to be worth £4.6 billion, has been forced to apologise for numerous security breaches
The company’s value has doubled to more than £38 billion since January, but Zoom’s China-born founder Eric Yuan, 50, estimated to be worth £4.6 billion, has been forced to apologise for numerous security breaches.
In Britain, Parliament has been advised by the National Cyber Security Centre, part of intelligence agency GCHQ, that Zoom should only be used for public business.
Zoom did not respond to requests for comment yesterday.