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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - A Zoom meeting held by the Kentucky Auditor’s Office was suddenly ended Thursday morning after hackers got onto the call and disrupted what was happening.

The State Committee for School District Audits (SCSDA), a committee that specializes in school spending that the auditor’s office serves as the chair of, was meeting Thursday morning to discuss spending within the JCPS school district. It was a publicly held meeting.

Everything came to an abrupt end, however, when unknown hackers jumped onto the meeting and began showing pornographic images on the screen to everyone who was on the meeting.

The meeting was quickly shut down, but the damage was done.

It’s not the first time such a hacking has happened. It’s a phenomenon called “Zoom bombing” that has became popular for hackers during the pandemic to cause disruptions of public meetings like the one Thursday morning.

The auditor’s office said that, by state law, “the meetings are made publicly available for anyone to attend. Despite internal precautions to ensure a smooth meeting, unfortunately, there were disruptive individuals present. Once the disruption was taken care of, the meeting proceeded accordingly.”

There has been no indication from the auditor’s office, though, on who may have been responsible for the disruption.

A spokesperson for the auditor’s office said Thursday night that, because there was not a quorum present at the meeting, no actions were taken aside from discussion. The next scheduled meeting is set for September 12.