One of the most popular media player software and streaming media server VLC media player, develop by VideoLAN project, is no longer working in India.
As per a report, VLC Media Player has block in India nearly 2 months ago.
Neither the company nor the Indian government has reveal any details about the ban.
Some of the reports suggest that VLC Media Player has block in the country because the platform was China-back hacking group Cicada was using it for cyber attacks.
Just a few months ago, security experts discover that Cicada was using VLC Media Player to deploy a malicious malware loader as part of a long-running cyber attack campaign.
As it was a soft ban, officially announce the banning of the media platform.
VLC Media Player website and download link are block in India.
It means that no one in the country can access the platform for any work.
This is seemingly the case for users who have the software install on their device.
It is said that VLC Media Player is block on all major ISPs including ACTFibernet, Jio, Vodafone-idea and many others.
As Indian government has block hundreds of Chinese apps, including PUBG Mobile, TikTok, Camscanner and many more.
PUBG Mobile Indian version dubbed BGMI has also block in India and remove from the Google Play store and Apple App store.
The reason behind blocking these apps is that the government fear these platforms were sending user data to China.
VLC Media Player is not back by a Chinese company.
It is develop by VideoLAN, a Paris-based firm.
