A “Zoom bomb” of racist, antisemitic, and pornographic material was dropped into the middle of an online meeting of New Jersey’s Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC) on Thursday, forcing them to cancel the session. The ELEC was 10 minutes into a routine meeting to discuss sponsors for the state’s upcoming gubernatorial debates in September when speakers were suddenly interrupted by a series of noises, including sirens, ringtones, and alarms, prompting moderators to remind non-speakers to mute their mics. But moments later, the interruptions increased, and screens were flooded with a host of pornographic imagery, including some containing swastikas, while a song that repeatedly used the N-word blasted out. The chaos lasted for around a minute before the meeting was canceled. “Internet hackers perpetrated a vile and shocking breach of public trust,” the commission later said in a statement. “ELEC ended the meeting as quickly as possible and offers its apologies to all who witnessed the attack.” The meeting has since been rescheduled for next Tuesday “with safeguards in place.”
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