During the lockdown the "Zoom" application gets very alarming news, you may be surprised to find out.
The Corona virus that spreads from China to the world is locked down in most countries and people are being left homeless who are relying on the Internet to find work and information while staying at home.
During this situation there has been a dramatic increase in the use of video calling software and there is a case of application called "Zoom" but it is very alarming to users that over 5 lakh users are using it. More consumer data is being sold on the notorious Dark Web.
The attack on Zoom has been revealed by a cyber security firm that says a hacker forum has been offered to buy Zoom users' accounts. The accounts were valued at $ 1 or 2, while the accounts were also free. And the firm says the number of these accounts is 5,30,000.
According to the security firm mentioned above, the data sold includes URLs of personal meetings, e-mail addresses, passwords and host cases through which hackers can join a meeting at any time.
Following the disclosure, a Zoom spokesperson stated that such actions are common on various websites, so it will not affect users who follow the principle of single sign-in, but these users may be at risk. Which use the same email and password for accounts on many platforms.
In this regard, the US National Security Agency has earlier warned that the same information should not be used for separate accounts on different platforms. In 2108, the agency said in a statement that if your account was hacked on one of the platforms, and you have allocated the email and password with the same account to other accounts, then all your accounts and their All information is at risk.
Zoom says the company has hired several intelligence firms to prevent such operations, and consumers have been cautiously instructed to change their passwords. The hacked accounts include not only individual accounts, but also accounts of large companies, one of which is the US financial institution Citibank.
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