Turmoil as website gets hacked.
By Prabhav Hiremath
MUMBAI: The new so-called-controversial queen of Bollywood, Poonam Pandey, is in the limelight every time she makes bold statements to media or posts erotic images of herself on social networking sites. Now comes a twist from across the border, from Pakistan.
The ‘Nasha’ girl got the shock of her life on the eve of Republic Day when she came to know that her website has been hacked by ‘Team MadLeets’, a group of professional Pakistani hackers. Fans who logged onto her website, read ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ along with the underlining message ‘Rise a voice for Justice of Kashmir.’
Taking to micro blogging site, twitter, as her first step for rescue, Pandey posted a number of tweets (mentioned below), asking for help. Her next step was lodging a police complaint. She went ahead and reported the incident with the cyber-crime unit at Bandra Police station under Sec 66 of the IT Act 2000.
The model-turned-actress stated, “I was shocked to know that someone had hacked my website. I registered a complaint in this regard. I want to know who the hacker is and why he maligned me. It is very stressful and hurting as it involved a national issue.”
Advocate Prashant Mali, a cyber-law expert lawyer, will be dealing with her case.
The defaced page mentioned ‘Haxor 99’ as the hackers’ handle, who earlier had hacked websites of popular singer Daler Mehndi and Canadian singer Raghav Mathur.
Few statements on the site read ‘Nothing deleted or harmed…Rise a voice for justice of Kashmir… Patch your site.’
Series of tweets in chronological order: (source: Poonam Pandey’s twitter handle – @iPoonampandey)
- ALERT! ALERT! HELP HELP … My Website got Hacked & They have asked to raise Voice for Kashmir :(( wht to do? Plz Help
- Really upset! & Scared.. My website is Hacked… It says to Raise Voice for Kashmir!… dont know what to do?
- On My way to Cyber Crime Cell (Bandra BKC) to Lodge a Complaint
- Lodged a Complaint at Mumbai Cyber crime cell! With India’s Cyber Crime Expert Adv. Prashant Mali http://fb.me/1JCg8hacy
- Trying to Recover from the shock!… Hope Soon my Website is Back… Hopefully will give u More Stuff n a new Look!
- Now till the Cops find the Culprit behind my Website Hacking! My DP will be BLACK
Fans too supported her on twitter by turning their display pictures black.
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