Just before the meeting was shut down, Gilroy Police Chief Scot Smithee was heard saying the police department would be “sending out our local people.” Once the video ended, the screen returned to the webcam images of the city officials for a few seconds before a different video showed another toddler engaged in a sexual act with a man.Īt this time, Forbis spoke loudly into the microphone calling for the meeting to be cut off, because “we’re being hacked.” The audio from the virtual town hall was still audible during the seconds-long clip, and Forbis could be heard exclaiming, “Oh my god.” As interim city administrator Jimmy Forbis was speaking, the image went dark before a video appeared of a toddler being raped by an unknown man. The Gilroy incident occurred 20 minutes into the 5:30pm meeting. So-called “Zoom-bombing,” when a user logs into a public meeting and displays pornographic images or hate messages, has spread rapidly in online meetings throughout the country, as jurisdictions are forced to hold meetings virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the FBI. The meeting, which city officials hosted on the video-teleconferencing platform Zoom as well as on Facebook, gathered city department heads who were answering various questions from the public. Gilroy’s virtual town hall was disrupted April 27 by a hacker who displayed video of child pornography during a meeting that was viewed by more than 100 people.
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