Why did govt quietly ban VLC media player in India?

New Delhi: The quiet ban on open source, cross-platform VLC media player website by the government in India may have been the result of a “China connection” as a hacker group with Beijing links infiltrated VLC Media Player with a malware to hack devices.

According to cyber-security researchers at Symantec, the Cicada victims are found in India, the US, Canada, Israel, Hong Kong and several other countries.

In April, the Cicada group attacked several countries, targeting high-profile victims.