Sunday, 19 April, 2026
How did Indian government come to ban VLC media player so quietly?
By Basit Ansari
<p>The Indian government may have quietly banned the website for the open source, cross-platform VLC media player as a result of a "China connection." In order to compromise devices, a hacking organisation from Beijing uses malware that has infected VLC Media Player. The Cicada cybercriminal group victims can be located in India, the US, Canada, Israel, Hong Kong, and a number of other nations, according to cyber-security analysts at Symantec.</p>
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