A virtual meeting by the Indiana Election Committee was interrupted on Friday by a hacker who proceeded to take over screens with a pornographic video.
The Lincoln Journal Star first reported on the incident, another example of so-called “Zoom bombing” when someone interrupts a meeting on the video teleconferencing app, sometimes using a screen sharing feature to take over.
According to the Lincoln Journal Star, the man who interrupted the meeting displayed a video of a man masturbating.
Viewers of the meeting appeared shocked, and quickly tried to end the meeting.
“That was sufficiently disturbing,” said Paul Okeson, Election Commission chairman, after the image was removed.
Okeson said the pornographic material was only on the screen briefly before officials turned it off. He said local officials would investigate the incident.