Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans
Cyber crime in the city has taken a new dimension. Hacking is the in-thing, and it is being done from remote centres in far off countries such as Nigeria or Sierra Leone. Recently, the e-mail account of a prominent businessman in the city was hacked. The hacker sent an e-mail to the businessman’s banker, instructing transfer of funds of Rs. 15 lakh to an account in Maharashtra. Basing on the instruction of the account holder, the banker transferred the funds without verifying it with the account holder, assuming it to be a genuine and routine business fund transfer. The following day, the banker received another e-mail from the account holder seeking transfer of Rs. 20 lakh to another account. This time, the banker inadvertently delayed the transfer and called up the account holder to inform him about the delay. This shocked the account holder. On enquiry, it was divulged that one transaction had already taken place the previous day. Upon investigation, it was found that the amount was transferred to a middleman in Maharashtra and then instantly routed to Nigeria, where the hackers were believed to be operating from. “Cyber space is like an ocean. Zeroing in on a hacker […]
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