Cyber-criminals Target Naked Zoom Users
Cybercriminals used a floating zero-day security vulnerability on the Zoom App to engage in sextortion scams. Many users such as TV Analyst Jeffrey Toobin was caught in a sexual act over the video call and the criminal managed to obtain the video recordings. Zoom’s vulnerability allowed attackers to take over the camera and also accessing metadata from the account.
The criminal sent emails to the victims explaining that he was under duress because he lost his job and had no other choice but to extort for money. The scammer sent emails threatening that a ransom of $2,000 in bitcoin within 3 days or the footage will be made public. There has not been public word from Zoom.
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