Zoom apologies for major security vulnerabilities, promises fixes

[FearLess]

Video calling app Zoom has announced it will be freezing product development to focus on boosting the security of its services following several high-profile security issues.

In a blog post, CEO Eric S. Yuan revealed that Zoom saw 200 million daily meeting participants in March, a huge rise from the 10 million daily users it welcomed in December.

However he admitted that work in securing the app had not seen a similar scale of growth, and pledge to improve this going forward.

Zoom has seen an explosion in users over the past few weeks as workers around the world embrace a new era of working from home, but now its security protection is being called into question.

“Our platform was built primarily for enterprise customers,” Yuan said. “We did not design the product with the foresight that, in a matter of weeks, every person in the world would suddenly be working, studying, and socializing from home. We now have a much broader set of users who are utilizing our product in a myriad of unexpected ways, presenting us with challenges we did not anticipate when the platform was conceived.”

“Over the next 90 days, we are committed to dedicating the resources needed to better identify, address, and fix issues proactively,” Yuan added . “We are also committed to being transparent throughout this process.”