Negligence in basic digital security has once again shown how devastating the consequences can be. A maternity hospital in Rajkot, Gujarat, is at the center of a horrifying privacy breach after videos of women undergoing gynaecological examinations surfaced on pornographic websites. What began as an alleged case of “hacking” has now been traced back to something shockingly simple — the use of the default password admin123.

The scandal first broke out in February when explicit clips recorded inside the Payal Maternity Home appeared online and were even circulated for sale on Telegram groups. Hospital staff initially claimed their system had been hacked. “We are unaware of how the hospital videos went viral. Our CCTV server appears to have been compromised, and we will inform the police,” s

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