YouTube channel of online Naya Daur was hacked.

FOE Link or motive by PPF

Confirmed

Case Update Status

YouTube channel of online Naya Daur was hacked. Its name was changed to “Micro Strategy”

Summary of Case

On June 7 2022, YouTube channel of online Naya Daur was hacked. Its name was changed to “Micro Strategy” and the settings of videos were affected. The hackers wanted to delete the content of the channel. The channel was eventually recovered by the online publication team. Naya Daur team said that the reason they were able to save their channel was because they updated the channel frequently and, hence, they detected the hacking attempt in the early stage, which helped them avert this attack, which was clearly meant to stop their active journalism on YouTube.

Category of Incident

Censorship

ICCS Status

ICCS Divisions: 0803-Acts related to freedom of expression or control of expression

ICCS Group: 08039-Other acts related to freedom of expression or control of expression

ICCS Class: N/A

ICCS Crime: Acts related to freedom of expression or control of expression

Reported By

Journalism Pakistan

Date of incident

7

Month

June

Year

2022

Name of affected person

No person affected

Other affected persons

No other person affected

Name of affected organization

Naya Daur YouTube channel

Other affected organizations

No other Organization affected

Action by

Unknown

City

Nationwide

Province

Nationwide

Designation

Not applicable as YouTube channel was hacked.

Professional category

You tube channel

Age of victim

Not applicable as YouTube channel was hacked.

Marital Status

N/A

Compensation Details

Amount of compensation announced by government: Not applicable as YouTube channel was hacked.

Date of compensation announcement by government: Not applicable as YouTube channel was hacked.

Date of compensation paid by government: Not applicable as YouTube channel was hacked.

Amount of compensation announced by others: Not applicable as YouTube channel was hacked.

Date of compensation announced by others: Not applicable as YouTube channel was hacked.

Date compensation paid by others: Not applicable as YouTube channel was hacked.

FIR Details

Was FIR registered ?: No

Court Details

Was case investigated ?: Not applicable as YouTube channel was hacked.

Court where case was presented: Not applicable as YouTube channel was hacked.

Name of prosecuting lawyer: Not applicable as YouTube channel was hacked.

Date of first court hearing:

Date of last court hearing:

Status of court case: Not applicable as YouTube channel was hacked.

Journalist Union Status

PFUJ

N/A

APNS

N/A

CPNE

N/A

PBA

N/A

Condemn Status

Colleague of victim

Not applicable as YouTube channel was hacked.

Employer organization

Not applicable as YouTube channel was hacked.

Press Club Status

Press club 1: Not applicable as YouTube channel was hacked.

Press club 2: N/A

Press club 3: N/A