Concerned about security issues, SpaceX banned employees from using Zoom

According to Reuters, an internal memo by the rocket company SpaceX has banned its employees from using the online conferencing application Zoom, showing " security and privacy concerns. " This memory comes just days after US law enforcement agencies warned users about the security of this famous app.

The use of Zoom and digital communication applications has skyrocketed after many Americans left home limiting the spread of corona virus.

SpaceX's banning the application of Zoom Video Communications shows the challenges faced by aerospace manufacturers as they are developing technologies important for national security but keeping employees free from infection. Respiratory diseases. SpaceX currently has about 6,000 employees.

In an email sent March 28, SpaceX told employees that Zoom access would be disabled immediately.

" We understand that many of us are using this tool to support meetings and conferences ." SpaceX said in the message. " Use email, messages and phones as alternatives to communication ." Two sources confirmed the content of the email.

The US space agency, NASA, one of SpaceX's biggest customers, also banned its employees from using Zoom.

On Monday, the FBI's Boston office warned about Zoom, saying users do not hold meetings on public sites or share meeting links widely after the agency received two reports. about unidentified individuals invading online lessons on Zoom, a phenomenon called "zoombombing".

Investigation site The Intercept said on Tuesday that the Zoom unencrypted video meeting feature between meeting participants and the company could watch those online meetings.

As a defense contractor, SpaceX is ranked as an essential business, allowing them to remain open despite the blockade orders already in place in California and Texas. These are centers for developing and testing their Starship rockets to fly to the Moon and Mars, as well as to bring national security satellites to space.