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UK prime minister Boris Johnson chairing a Covid-19 meeting by Zoom, after self-isolating after testing positive for the Coronavirus. Photograph: Andrew Parsons/Crown Copyright/10 Downing Street/PA Wire
Video-conferencing app Zoom is under scrutiny by the office of New York’s attorney general, Letitia James, for its data privacy and security practices.
On Monday, the office wrote to Zoom asking what, if any, new security measures the company has put in place to handle increased traffic on its network and to detect hackers, according to a copy of a letter reviewed by the New York Times.