20/9 Attack : Major security breach in Indian Judiciary system
Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in News/ September 20,2024
In a potential security breach, the Supreme Court’s official YouTube channel appears to have been hacked and is currently showing videos promoting XRP, a cryptocurrency developed by US-based Company Ripple Labs.
The YouTube channel showed a blank video with the title “Brad Garlinghouse: Ripple Responds To The SEC’s $2 Billion Fine! XRP PRICE PREDICTION”. As per reports, this particular video surfaced during the time the channel was broadcasting the suo motu case related to the alleged rape and murder of Kolkata’s trainee doctor at RG Kar Hospital.
The channel, which used to live-stream the Court proceedings of cases listed before Constitution Benches and matters involving public interest, has been disabled. The Supreme Court administration has started an enquiry into the hacking of the channel, sources told Bar and Bench. The channel’s link has been disabled by the Supreme Court registry.
The website “appears to have been compromised,” Indian Express quoted a senior SC official as saying. “Pertinently, the hacking of popular video channels by scammers is rampant and Ripple had itself sued YouTube for failing to stop hackers from impersonating its CEO Brad Garlinghouse” mentioned Bar and Bench.
20/9 Attack : Major security breach in Indian Judiciary system. Official sources told Bar & Bench that the administration of the Supreme Court was currently looking into the hacking of the YouTube channel.
