YouTube channel of online Naya Daur was hacked.
FOE Link or motive by PPF
ConfirmedCase 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/ACompensation 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
Media Source Status
Media reports:
https://www.fnpk.org/threats-against-journalists-increase-under-pm-shehbaz-govt/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