School districts, including New York City’s, start banning Zoom because of online security issues

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Online security issues are growing with the mass rush to virtual education during the coronavirus crisis.

Some school districts around the country have started to ban the use of Zoom for online learning from home during thecrisis because of growing concerns about security, and others are reassessing how and whether to use the teleconferencing platform.

The FBI issued a warning to the public earlier this week about the “hijacking” of online classrooms and teleconferences after it received reports of disturbances by people shouting racist and threatening language and displaying hate messages. It said saboteurs were hacking into online meetings in a phenomenon now called “Zoombombing,” because Zoom has become the most popular teleconferencing choice for K-12 schools and colleges and universities during the pandemic.

Teachers in New York City were just sent updated guidance from the city’s education department on video conferencing, which said that after reviewing requests by students, teachers and service providers to credential Zoom, security and privacy issues on the platform were raised. “Based on the DOE’s review of these documented concerns, the DOE will no longer permit the use of Zoom at this time,” the document says.

that teachers have been told to offer Zoom meeting information only in private forums, such as email, and participants to a Zoom meeting will not have to turn on video once they are in the meeting.On social media, some people are posting videos of classes they have hacked, and putting out calls for students to provide information on when classes are being held and how to log in.

 

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