Zoom Agrees to Historic $85m Payout for Graphic Zoom Bombing Claims
“The pandemic brought on a surge of zoom-bombing as hackers and pranksters crashed into virtual meetings with abusive messages and imagery. Now, Zoom has agreed to a historic payout of $85m as part of a class-action settlement brought by its users, including church groups who said they were,” reports Maya Yang in The Guardian.
“As part of the settlement agreement, Zoom Video Communications, the company behind the teleconference application that grew popular during the pandemic, will pay the $85m to users in cash compensation and also implement reforms to its business practices. On Thursday, federal judge Laurel Beeler of California granted final.”
