Be Careful of Teams Bombing: Do You Know Who’s in Your Meeting?

Warning: Teams Bombing

Teams Bombing is when someone joins a Microsoft Teams meeting without permission to disrupt or spy on the conversation.

If you are a staff member or student at Queen Mary University of London and you are scheduling a Teams meeting with external users, your meeting may be at risk of unwanted guests joining.

Learn how to prevent and respond to Teams Bombing when hosting events open to the public.

Report Teams Bombing

Please report any Teams Bombing incidents to the ITS Security Team by raising an IT Service Desk Ticket.

You can:

• Use the online ticketing system (QMUL account required), or
• Send an email to servicedesk@qmul.ac.uk 

Include the following details:

1. The day and time of the Teams meeting
2. The host's QMUL email address
3. The estimated time of the interruption

Prevent Disruptions

• Choose who can bypass the lobby
• Choose who can present
• Record automatically
• Allow or restrict meeting chat
• Allow or restrict reactions
• Manage attendee audio and video before the meeting
• Change participant settings

Respond to Disruptions

• Mute a participant
• Remove a participant
• Manage attendee audio and video during the meeting
• Report the incident to the ITS Security Team

Stay alert and protect your meetings.
Make sure you know who’s joining, follow best practices, and report any incidents to the ITS Security Team.

For help or to report a problem, raise a ticket via theIT Service Desk or email servicedesk@qmul.ac.uk.