St. Austin Academy in Lavington Nairobi has implemented the online classes as per govt directive to make learners continue with the syllabus, however, something happened that will forever torment the young learners.
The Zoom platform they were using was backed and porn started showing.
Parents took the matter to the management of the school by they have refused to discontinue using Zoom.
A parent wrote to activist Boniface Mwangi saying, “Hi Boniface. I need help and I don’t know where to go. At Austin academy in Lavington is offering online classes through zoom. Today the online classes were hacker and pornography started showing. Parents reported this to the school but the school is still continuing to teach using this platform exposing children to pornography. Do you know where we can seek help for the school to be compelled to stop using this platform. Thanks for your help”.
Zoom Weaknesses
Since the lockdown and online classes began, the safety and security of Zoom has been called to question.
Incidences of uninvited guest joining it and spoiling the lessons or meetings have been reported almost everywhere.
DailyMail UK reported that in New Zealand, a primary school lesson was hacked and porn shown to students.
The hacker who attacked the Emmanuel Catholic Primary School online classes displayed pornography on two occasions before teachers were able to shut down the online classes.
On April 22 Zoom announced new ‘robust changes’ to its security.
Zoom CEO Eric S. Yuan said the changes to the privacy policy were part of a 90-day plan to ‘proactively identify, address, and enhance the security and privacy capabilities’ of its platform.
Respected blogs have called out Zoom’s losing fight.
Mashable reported that Zoom may have fixed many of its own security issues, but it’ll never be immune to hackers trying to trick the company’s users.
It said, malicious actors are now targeting users with fake Zoom meeting emails in order to steal their personal information and login credentials, according to email cybersecurity firm Abormal Security.
These spoofed emails come in the form of a Zoom meeting reminder with HR concerning the termination of the recipient’s employment.
The email contains a Zoom meeting invitation link, which is actually the hacker’s phishing site designed to mimic the look of Zoom’s login page. In reality, clicking the meeting link forwards the target to a page hosted at the URL “zoom-emergency.myftp.org.”
“When the victim reads the email they will panic, click on the phishing link, and hurriedly attempt to log into this fake meeting,” explains Abnormal Security’s report. “Instead, their credentials will be stolen by the attacker.”
Email security researchers say this attack has successfully found its way into more than 50,000 mailboxes.
Zoom has experienced tremendous growth since the beginning of the global coronavirus pandemic. With several countries instituting lockdowns, quarantines, and stay-at-home orders, many businesses have transitioned their employees to work-from-home arrangements, wrote Mashable
Wrong move for a poor country
Many parents have expressed concerns over the govt forcing pupils to learn online saying that many can’t afford the luxury of internet or even a TV set.
Reports shows that most learners have been left behind.
Educatkon CS Prof George Magoha has reiterated that exams will go on as planned.
