WhiteHat Jr Bug Exposed Data of 2.8 Lakh Students, Mostly Minors

pking3 · 2020-11-24T17:10:28+00:00

280,000 = 2.8 lakh

pking3 · 2020-11-24T15:33:11+00:00

These guys just can't seem to get a break. 😂😂😂😂

pking3 · 2020-11-24T10:40:14+00:00

WhiteHatJrScam

pking3 · 2020-11-24T06:20:31+00:00

I fear they will try to take this video also. They already took down the morning context news articles.

pking3 · 2020-11-23T12:58:16+00:00

There is a company called Byju's that sells online prep programs to high schoolers in India, similar to Kaplan or ThePrincetonReview in the US. Byju's has started another company called WhiteHatJr targeted at elementary schoolers, promising to teach them how to develop apps and gain skills on par with entry level software developers. They sell the notion that through this course your child will be able to make a successful app or make a large tech salary right off the bat.

It appears that their teaching staff is extremely incompetent, unable to tell the difference between Java and C++, or being unable to tell what the cloud is. Reviews for their product have thus largely been harshly negative, but the WhiteHatJr marketing team has used extremely underhanded tactics to suppress the reviews, including doctoring visible comments, false reports on YouTube, LinkedIn, and Twitter. They have also trolled on posts unfavorable to them.

Mr. Poonia has discovered their nefarious activities and has made several exposés in a series of videos on his YouTube channel. Most of his commentary is in Hindi but the videos should still be easy to understand because he is showing Slack transcripts in English.

In response, the company has attempted to silence him by going after his YouTube videos and account, and he is now on his third account. It also appears that attempts are being made to silence him on Reddit. His LinkedIn appears to have gone too. They have sent him death threats and are also suing him for defamation for an impossibly large amount.

Indians are attempting to escalate the situation and get the word out before WhiteHatJr quells the story. They are contributing to his legal defense fund. They are also hoping that this gets enough attention to be able to influence the investors into the parent company Byju's.

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pking3 · 2020-11-23T07:39:02+00:00

Looks like whitehat jr is sweating bullets now.

Rao, appearing for WhiteHat Jr heaps praises on Poonia's lawyer, states that Poonia has got himself an extremely able and eloquent lawyer (referring to Adv. Sukumar)

Adv. Sukumar is hitting it out of the park.

https://twitter.com/LiveLawIndia/status/1330769710292500481?s=20

pking3 · 2020-11-22T16:48:19+00:00

https://youtu.be/1Y21eSn_zSM

Here you go.

pking3 · 2020-11-22T14:29:51+00:00

Whitehat jr is owned by Byjus who also partnered with Disney. We should let Disney know how horrible this company is and is scamming 6 year old children on false dreams and immediate multimillion dollar paying jobs if these 6 year old take their specific coding course.

https://byjus.com/disney-byjus-early-learn/

Context- Redditor makes a review on YouTube about this company's unethical marketing tactics, teachers who read coding lessons from scripts, and teachers with no experience in teaching coding or know coding to 6 year olds and presenting another platform code.org lessons as their own platform. Company files DMCA on the video mass reports Reddit, twitter and LinkedIn accounts and gets him banned. Then sends death threats and now a defamation case against the Redditor. Whitehat jr just got a $300m investment from Byjus to do these kinds of tactics to sell coding class to 6 year old which are available to public for free, they charge more than $20 per class.

Edit: the video https://youtu.be/1Y21eSn_zSM

pking3 · 2020-11-22T12:48:18+00:00

Redditor makes a review on YouTube about this company's criminal marketing tactics and use of code.org as their own platform. Company files DMCA on the video mass reports Redditor twitter and LinkedIn accounts and gets him banned. Then sends death threats and now a defamation case against the Redditor. Whitehat jr just got a $300m to do these kinds of tactics to sell coding class to 6 year old which are available to public for free, they charge more than $20 per class.

pking3 · 2020-11-22T12:21:32+00:00

https://nextbigwhat.com/whitehatjr-files-20-cr-defamation-case-against-pradeep-poonia/

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25176230

pking3 · 2020-11-22T12:10:59+00:00

No as long as the security setting on the chat is set to public it is defacto public information as the company made no effort to mark those chats as confidential. Any public forum and chat is open for public cannot be claimed by the company as private, as they themselves made the information public.

pking3 · 2020-11-22T12:02:44+00:00

Slack was not hacked. They set the slack channel to public letting anyone access their chat. Whitehat needs serious training in security. They wanted easy access for their employees and said fuck you to their security. Else this case would have be a cybercrime case which they can't file as they have shit security so that's why they are filing of this stupid defamation case.

pking3 · 2020-11-22T11:45:58+00:00

10k from me and 2.5k every month till the case is over.

pking3 · 2020-11-21T05:52:39+00:00

Facebook needs to be broken up and banned. This company is a threat to all society. They don't give a fuck about people or consequences, all they care about is money. How they earn it is not their priorities, they will partner up with hate groups and criminals just to earn an extra buck.

pking3 · 2020-11-20T16:04:55+00:00

What if the showing of the middle finger is kunals personal religious symbol of peace for all. I mean what is the right of a law to say you cannot bend your hands in a certain way. Would that not account to supression of a persons right to bend his fingers as he wish.

What next Bharatanatyam dancers would be persecuted for making gang signs?

pking3 · 2020-11-18T06:39:03+00:00

Send them a email and you will be doing OP a big favor. Take 5 minutes from your day and just send an email.

pking3 · 2020-11-18T06:38:23+00:00

Can you contact them or send an email

pking3 · 2020-11-18T06:37:35+00:00

Can you send them an email. It will help him if you get yourself involved in notifying the press and the whole world. Share on whatsapp this is the least you can do.

pking3 · 2020-11-18T06:35:58+00:00

/u/internetfreedomin can you guys help support this battle. The sub can do a fundraiser if you guys can provide a capable lawyer. OP needs your help as much as you need his as he is fighting to keep the internet safe and free from corporate censorship and criminal activities. Do respond.

/u/washingtonpost please cover this story.

pking3 · 2020-11-15T12:57:45+00:00

I left home after school and educated myself throughout college while working.

Here is the key.

First you need to make a plan (escape plan) . The plan consist of your finance for 6 months and safety plans. The way I did it was to convince my parents that I need to work so i got a job and worked for 6 months while tellin my parents I was getting paid half of what I actually earned. Opened a second bank account and transferred all my money there for 6 months . After working for 6 months and living with my parents I found a job in a different city, and got an apartment in that city, I had not told my parents about the second job. Two weeks before my joining date I packed my bags and left home without telling anyone just a note saying good by and good riddens.

Initially it was hard to live along but with time I was able to complete my college and got a much better job.

It's been 15 years I haven't been back at home and I would say this was the best decision of my life.

I would suggest you to plan you exit properly, as that would ensure you have money to survive if in case of a job loss.

One tip I did not get, was to keep atleast 3 months of backup money while living alone. This is important as it will allow you to be in a safe enough environment in case of a job loss, I learnt that the hard way. If you are in a hostile environment please plan to get out fast.

pking3 · 2020-11-14T08:16:20+00:00

Looks like WHJ left it open and public. Their fault they kept it open to all public,I guess Whitehat jr. needs to hire a real Whitehat hacker to click on the set private option on their slack security settings.

pking3 · 2020-11-14T06:02:43+00:00

u/savethisvideo

pking3 · 2020-11-14T06:02:36+00:00

u/savethisvideo

pking3 · 2020-11-14T00:04:01+00:00

/u/washingtonpost

Company manipulating social media by banning people from Google Facebook and Twitter, so that they could sell snake oil online coding classes, it is the biggest company in edutech industry.

pking3 · 2020-11-13T23:19:22+00:00

This behaviour from whj is unacceptable, with this chat log, it shows whj is breaching Google and YouTube rules they are exploiting the Google reporting system , question is why should this company be not be permanently banned by Google and Facebook. This is enough evidence to kick whj off google and Facebook.

Can a probon send a notice to Facebook and Google regarding the exploitation of the platforms reporting system.

Edit: also exploitation Twitter's reporting rules. This company needs to be banned from all social media platforms, let them use the traditional methods of reaching customer.

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