Herald Goa
| Primary URL | Location | Industry | www[.]heraldgoa[.]in |
Country
India
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Communications
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Profile
The organisation is known by the aliases O Heraldo, Herald Goa and Herald TV, and its headquarters is situated in India. It functions as a news media outlet that delivers news coverage, analysis and public debate through several channels, including an online news portal, television broadcasts and a YouTube channel. The Herald Goa brand indicates a particular emphasis on news from the state of Goa, while the broader O Heraldo and Herald TV names are used across its various platforms. Its primary audience consists of readers and viewers interested in local Goan affairs as well as wider national and international topics.
On 19 April 2022 the organisation’s YouTube channel was subjected to a malicious cyberattack carried out by actors traced to Kolkata. The attackers gained control of the channel, renamed it to ‘Ethereum’, and changed the associated email address, password and mobile number, thereby locking out the legitimate owners. While in control they streamed unauthorized financial content for nearly four hours, interrupting the channel’s regular news programming and affecting its viewership. The organisation’s IT team responded to the breach and, after approximately twelve hours of recovery work, restored the channel’s original settings, privacy controls and registration credentials. Details of the incident, including the purported hacker identity and IP address, were compiled for submission to cybercrime authorities.
The episode underscores the organisation’s dependence on digital platforms for disseminating news and highlights its capacity to manage security incidents through an internal technical team. Although the sources do not disclose specific figures for staff size, audience reach, revenue or market share, the ability to regain control of a compromised YouTube channel within half a day demonstrates a level of operational resilience in the face of cyber threats. No information regarding parent companies, subsidiary relationships or ownership structure is provided in the available material.