The Hindu News Update Service
News Update Service Saturday, December 15, 2007 : 1715 Hrs Regional Cyber crime wing arrest 12-member hacker gang Bangalore (PTI): Karnataka police's Cyber Crime wing has arrested a 12-member gang involved in various cases of hacking on-line bank accounts and transferring funds amounting to several lakhs of rupees. The police succeeded in unearthing the fraud when they arrested the mastermind, Joseph, from a city cyber cafe which he had been frequenting, on the basis of a complaint from Carl Braganza, HR Manager of Analog Infotech India Ltd. He had stated that he had been defrauded to the tune of Rs 1.27 lakh by some unidentified hackers, according to a release from CoD (Corps of Detectives), Economic Offences. Joseph, a diplomo holder in computer science, hailing from Virudanagar district in Tamil Nadu used to hack into accounts of persons using "key logger" software. >From the available e-mail accounts of Joseph, more than 100 bank account >numbers, passwords and other details of individuals have been obtained. HDFC Bank, Citi Bank, Axis Bank and ICICI Banks have confirmed the authenticity of about 70 existing accounts and passwords gathered by CoD officers from Jospehs's e-mail accounts. Investigation revealed that out of 70 accounts, 17 have already been successfuly hacked by Joseph with the help of his associates. Police have succeeded in solving seven cases out of the 17, involving illegal transfer of funds to the tune of Rs 7 lakh and further investigation was on. To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
