Hacker Streams Porn Into Florida Court Hearing by Infiltrating Zoom
An intruder marred the court proceedings.
July 10, 2020 at 02:35 PM
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The original version of this story was published on Daily Business Review
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It began like any other court hearing over Zoom, but this lawsuit challenging Leon County's COVID-19 mask order took an X-rated turn Friday morning. While Florida attorneys prepared to present their legal arguments, hackers infiltrated with bursts of music and a strange sort of rap involving offensive sexual language, then began streaming porn.
Politico reporter Arek Sarkissian broke the story, tweeting out a clip of the incident, which appears to show unimpressed attendees looking away and waiting for the awkward moment to pass.
The ordeal lasted about two minutes, and ended when the judicial assistant canceled the meeting and started a new one.
State Rep. Anthony Sabatini filed the underlying lawsuit June 25 on behalf of Leon County Republican Party chair Evan Power in an attempt to stop the government from mandating face coverings, arguing it's unconstitutional.
Leon Circuit Judge John C. Cooper is presiding over the lawsuit, according to online case files. He was yet to appear at the hearing when the hackers descended. Cooper ultimately denied Power's request for an emergency injunction against the masks.
M. Drew Parker, Karen Lee Asher-Cohen and Laura M. Dennis of the Radey Law Firm represent Leon county, and Anthony Frank Sabatini of the Sabatini Law Firm in Clermont represents plaintiff Power. They did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Meanwhile in the Twitterverse, Florida Rep. Anna V. Eskamani weighed in on the fiasco, commenting, "What a mess."
Another dismayed tweeter threw in their two cents, writing, "That is what happens when you do not have a good Zoom meeting administrator. There are ways to prevent this, like not allowing screen sharing or video sharing from anyone, unless given permission. Signed, me, manager of many zoom meetings."
Leon Circuit Court did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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After Reports of Porn on Zoom, PDA and Attorneys With No Pants, Broward Chief Judge Is Clamping Down
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