Zoom now scans social media to spot ZoomBombing before it happens

Zoom has released a new scanning tool that hunts down publicly-shared meeting IDs, aiming to warn of potential “Zoombombing” incidents before they take place. The attacks – where uninvited participants join video calls, often sharing obscene content to disrupt meetings – have proliferated over the course of 2020, as online conferences take the place of in-person meetings. It’s proved to …