‘Happy Birthday Pooja’. Jamia Univ Site Hack Is Taking Cyber-Stalking To A New Level

No group or individual has claimed the responsibility.

By: TK Sreeraj |
May 22, 2018 3:47 pm

Let’s face it. We are Indians and there is a creepy stalker in each of us. And if you are a nerd stalker/creep, the world is your play-field.

Jamia Milia Islamia University’s officials just discovered that on Tuesday. Users were greeted with a birthday message which read, “Happy Birthday Pooja. Your love.”

The official website of #JamiaMilliaIslamiaUniversity was hacked late midnight on Tuesday. On visiting, the website (https://t.co/TWvnvwtJvV), the web-page displayed a birthday greeting, which read, “Happy Birthday Pooja. Your love.”

Read @ANI Story |https://t.co/gLQWPswLFH pic.twitter.com/7lGG1Hrkq8

— ANI Digital (@ani_digital) May 21, 2018

The website was later fixed but no individual or hackers group has claimed any responsibility for the attack. A similar incident happened last year when the website was hacked and turned into a video game portal.

When InUth spoke to Pravesh Chaudhary, an ethical hacker from Cryptus Cyber, he explained how this incident poses a major risk. “Most of the websites are not secure. Hackers can easily detect the vulnerabilities of the site and launch an attack. In this case, it might have been done through SQL injection. But let me tell you that there are many other such techniques,” he said.

He added how this attack shouldn’t be taken lightly.”If hackers can post birthday wishes on the website homepage, they can also access the database. Imagine what would happen if they get the personal details of all the students,” he said.

While emphasising the need to strengthen cybersecurity system of our institutions he said,”Government institutions should routinely check their websites to see if there are any vulnerabilities. Penetration testing is one such important practice.”

While the authorities may be busy figuring out who is the culprit, Twitteratti, on the other hand, were concerned about ‘Pooja’ and her secret lover.

And many were floored by this idea:

Bas yei deewangi reh gayi thi dekhni.
someone (probably Pooja’s lover) hacked Jamia’s site and left a message for her on the opening page of website.

WOW. SUCH CREATIVITY AND INTELLIGENCE.
“Ppppooja”#JamiaMilliaIslamiaUniversity #JamiaOfficialWebsiteHaked pic.twitter.com/IylciHI1IY

— Shivya Malhotra (@MalhotraShivya) May 22, 2018

Pooja.. Marry Him

Yes That’s True. The official site of #JamiaMilliaIslamiaUniversity was hacked late midnight on Tuesday. On visiting, the site, the web-page displayed a birthday greeting, which read, “Happy Birthday Pooja. Your love.”

Now.. Website has been restored back. pic.twitter.com/TCcueEMcbh

— paidfreedroid.com (@PaidFreeDroid) May 22, 2018

So May 22 is Pooja’s birthday and now the whole of Jamia knows about it ! Guess how ?
The technical Aashiq has hacked the Jamia Millia Islamia website and wrote #HappyBirthdayPooja on the page ! Impressive isnt it ..cops some cupid work for you guys pic.twitter.com/GY6TdeOwi6

— Qudsia Mushahid (@MushahidQudsia) May 21, 2018

Normal people use fb, ig or WhatsApp to wish birthday’s, crazy people hacks national university’s website. Sigh.
Wishing Pooja on her birthday #Jamia‘s website hacked. #Delhi #JamiaMilliaIslamiaUniversity

— Aman Sharma (@ibeingaman) May 22, 2018

Will ‘Happy Birthday Pooja’ become the new ‘Sonam Bewafa Hai’?