TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV/Gray News) — A Tallahassee church, like so many across the world, tried to take their Palm Sunday service online, offering the congregation an interactive experience through the wildly popular Zoom video conferencing app.
But, just minutes into Sunday’s service, the pastors at The United Church in Tallahassee were horrified; a hacker had joined the chat, posting offensive material.
Reverend Brenda Dowell and her husband, Reverend Mark Dowell, say it was the church’s first time using Zoom to hold a service.
They say they thought they had read enough to know how to safely hold the video chat, but unwanted guests joined, broadcasting music with racial slurs, disturbing messages and at one point, pornographic video.
