Govt says Zoom video app unsafe, must not be used for its meetings: Report

The Cyber Coordination Centre (CCC) of the Ministry of Home Affairs has warned people that the Zoom video conferencing app for meetings is not a safe platform for government and official use, IANS reported.

In the advisory, issued on April 12, it said that “secure use of Zoom meeting platform is for private individuals and not for use of government offices or official purposes”. The government said that CERT-In on the same lines had been informed on February 6 and March 30 this year clarifying that “Zoom is not a safe platform”.

In a set of guidelines for the safety of private users, the CCC division of the MHA mentioned that “those private individuals who still would like to use Zoom for private purposes”