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        <title><![CDATA[DHS reportedly concerned Zoom may be vulnerable to foreign spies]]></title>
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The feds are concerned that Zoom&#8217;s security flaws could make the popular videoconferencing platform vulnerable to foreign spies, a new report says.</p><p>An intelligence analysis from the Department of Homeland Security found that Zoom&#8217;s explosive growth and its <strong>well known security problems</strong> make it a &#8220;target-rich environment&#8221; for government spy services and other hackers, <strong>ABC News reported</strong> Tuesday.</p><p>&#8220;Any organization currently using — or considering using — Zoom should evaluate the risk of its use,&#8221; the department warned in the analysis, which was reportedly distributed to law-enforcement agencies around the US.</p><p>The warning adds to mounting scrutiny of Zoom&#8217;s security and privacy amid a massive boom in its user base. Companies, schools and government officials forced to stay home during the coronavirus crisis have flocked to the platform for meetings that can&#8217;t be done in person.</p><p>Homeland Security experts found that hackers are likely to use new or existing vulnerabilities within Zoom to &#8220;compromise user devices and accounts for further exploitation of corporate networks,&#8221; according to ABC News. The feds are particularly worried about Chinese spies having access to Zoom&#8217;s servers because the company has some development work done in China, the report says.</p><p>&#8220;China’s unique position does not prevent other nation-states from using Zoom vulnerabilities to achieve their objectives,&#8221; the feds reportedly wrote.</p><p>Zoom strongly disputed the DHS&#8217;s analysis. A company spokesperson said it is &#8220;heavily misinformed, includes blatant inaccuracies about Zoom’s operations, and the authors themselves admit only &#8216;moderate confidence&#8217; in their own reporting.&#8221;</p><p>&#8220;We are disappointed the authors did not engage with Zoom to verify the accuracy of these claims and understand the real facts about Zoom,&#8221; the spokesperson said in a statement.</p><p>All of Zoom&#8217;s source code is stored in the US, and its developers in China don&#8217;t have the power to make &#8220;substantive changes&#8221; to the platform or to access the content of Zoom meetings, the California-based company said. Zoom also recently released a software update with several security enhancements and has pledged to address security issues within 90 days.</p><p>The DHS report follows a <strong>warning from the FBI</strong> about incidents of &#8220;Zoom-bombing,&#8221; in which hackers hijack online video meetings. Schools and government bodies have dealt with such disruptions in recent weeks.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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