The Federal Reserve canceled a Zoom conference citing 'technical difficulties' after pornographic images were displayed by an unknown user.
Waller was scheduled to speak on inflation and the economic outlook heading into 2023 and was set to incorporate a question-and-answer session. “There were technical difficulties with Governor Waller’s virtual event and it was canceled,” a spokesperson for the Federal Reserve Board’s Public Affairs Office said in an emailed statement to Gizmodo. He added, “The speech was posted in full on the Board’s website.
Brent Tjarks, executive director of the Mid-Size Bank Coalition of America , which hosted the event, told Reuters it is possible that the security switches to mute others on the call and prevent them from“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.
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