Meeting ‘zoom bombed’ with porn and racist phrases
Police, FBI investigating
PUTNAM — From Mayor Barney Seney: “There was a “Zoom bombing” incident during the Town of Putnam Mayor’s and Board of Selectmen Meeting held on March 17.
"As with all Town of Putnam public meetings, the meeting is hybrid, meaning held in person and via Zoom, including that both in-person attendance and virtual attendance is allowed.
About 30 minutes into the normal meeting, there were several individuals that joined the meeting virtually.
"These individuals unmuted their audio and started their video, playing music and recordings of racist phrases, along with showing pornographic videos.
The Town’s recording secretary removed such individuals via the Zoom preferences, and based on having to mute and block multiple individuals, selected “End Meeting for All”.
"The length of the video and audio interruptions was less than 1 minute in duration.
"We have notified the Putnam Police Department, who shared the information with the FBI.
"The Putnam Police have started an active investigation and no further comment from the Town will be made on this matter at this time.
We regret that our staff and members of the public were subjected to such unseemly activity.
"We thank our staff and the affected public for their ability to remain calm and professional during this unfortunate interruption.”
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