A virtual event that was to feature a speech as well as a question-and-answer session with Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller was canceled after it was 'hijacked' and a participant began displaying pornographic images
Federal Reserve Board building on Constitution Avenue is pictured in Washington, U.S., on March 19, 2019. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
March 2 - A virtual event on Thursday that was to feature a speech as well as a question-and-answer session withwas canceled after it was "hijacked" and a participant began displaying pornographic images. "We were a victim of a teleconference or Zoom hijacking and we are trying to understand what we need to do going forward to prevent this from ever happening again. It is an incident we deeply regret," said Brent Tjarks, executive director of the Mid-Size Bank Coalition of America, which hosted the event via a Zoom link. "We have had various programs and this is something that we have never had happen to us.
He said that he suspects one of the security switches that mutes those watching an event was set incorrectly, but he was not yet sure of the details. The decision to cancel was made in consultation with the Fed after the intrusion. A few minutes before the event was to start, one participant using the screen name "Dan" began displaying graphic, pornographic images, according to a Reuters reporter on the call.
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