Ramanuj Gupta Junior College app gets hacked; "Will have a more secured version," Rudra Narayan Gupta

With online lectures being the new normal, it has become mandatory for colleges and educational institutions to have mobile applications. From January 1, 2021, the institutions have been allowed to function without any restrictions, but the private institutions have been witnessing abysmal attendance.

In such a scenario, the dependence on the app has grown manifold. Today, the students of Ramanuj Gupta Junior College got shocked when they started receiving weird notifications on the app installed on their smartphones.

The notification read, “We are from Bangladesh (Khan Cyber Army). So stupid security LOL  (laughing out loud). As expected from Indians.” While the students, tech-savvy enough to understand that the app has been hacked and it is probably someone trying to play a prank, many parents got worried.

Not all students own the smartphone, some of them have installed the phone on their parents’ app. One of the parents who have the app installed on his phone got the notification. Speaking with Barak Bulletin, he said, “Two days back I had got a message on my phone that someone is trying to change my SBI Card Password. The SMS had an OTP. I was worried about the message and today I receive a notification stating we are from Bangladesh, Khan Cyber Army. I was panicking, but then my daughter told me that the College’s app has been hacked.”

“We are looking into the matter,” said Rudra Narayan Gupta, president of Ramanuj Gupta Junior College and also the director of Green Heals Hospital. He added, “The app has been developed locally and we have already started a discussion with the developers. For now, we will restore the app, but in the long run, we will see if we can add more safety measures to have a more secured version of the application.”

The president of the institution, that is renowned for delivering the best performances in the higher secondary level said the administration will also evaluate if this needs to be reported to the Police. “Now it looks like an innocuous prank, however, if we notice a further security breach, we will report it to the Police,” said Rudra Narayan Gupta.

The local company that developed the app said that it is not hacking but, “just a minor issue.”