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Chaos as Parliament Zoom meeting hacked by pornographic images

We can’t imagine this is what anyone on the call was hoping to see first thing on a Thursday morning, but here we are: Parliament’s Programme Committee meeting was targeted by hackers, who flooded the Zoom call with pornographic images and forced a major delay in proceedings.

Many arms of government have been forced to move to a digital platform during this lockdown. In a bid to ensure transparency and honesty, the Zoom calls made between our politicians can be viewed by the general public. Unfortunately, this means that a few wrong ‘uns can get access to the chat too.

How a Parliamentary meeting was derailed by pornography

Several people on the now-infamous call reacted with horror earlier today, when they were confronted by graphic, sexual images. The broadcast was also meant to play on DStv’s Parliamentary channel (408), but the stream was shut down before a national audience could witness the “Zoom-bombing”.

Incredibly, this isn’t even the first time we’ve had something like this happen: A public webinar hosted by Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane was hacked last month. The hijacked call instead displayed images of pornography at the department’s expense.

Department spokesperson Shalen Gajadhar said the session was made public to increase attendance on the video conferencing app Zoom, but hackers took control of the screen and displayed pornographic images. Gajadhar said the department had since increased its security measures, but clearly, that move hasn’t been universal.

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At this rate, Parliament will have to start broadcasting their meetings with an “adults only” warning.



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