Xinjiang Jin worked as Zoom’s chief liaison with Chinese law enforcement and intelligence services.<br />Now he's facing federal charges for sharing user information and disrupting video calls at the request of the Chinese government.<br />Xingjiang Jin allegedly schemed to leak user data and squash video meetings discussing the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre earlier this year.<br />With co-conspirators, he fabricated incriminating evidence against US-based hosts of these memorials.<br />He would log into their meetings under fake accounts with profile images related to terrorism or child porn, which he'd use to justify suspending their accounts.<br />He’s charged with conspiracy to commit interstate harassment and unlawful conspiracy to transfer a means of identification.<br />According to Gizmodo, the Justice Department’s case races a fresh wave of concern about Zoom’s security.<br />The company spent the summer months muzzling Zoombombings and dragging its feet on end-to-end encryption.
