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Cyber Cell Delhi – Report Cyber Crime in Delhi

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Delhi Police has launched a specialized website this month CyberCellDelhi.in for reporting Cyber Crime. The website can be used to report cyber crime incident online and also provides tips as to Cyber Safety and various Cyber Crimes.

With the growing use of smart-phones and spread of high-speed 3G/4G networks, there has been a gradual transition of social interaction, business transactions, learning and communication to online platforms. However, this has been accompanied by a concomitant spurt in the incidents of cybercrime such as business-email frauds.

~ Message from Amulya Patnaik, IPS Commissioner of Police, Delhi

There are many cyber crimes happening these days, mainly as to hacking (Section 66 of IT Act) and identity theft (Section 66C of IT Act) and more, therefore it is a right step by Delhi Police to have recognized the need for such a website. Though, some cities like Mumbai was already having a specialized Cyber Crime Cell website, allowing to report Cyber Crimes.

Types of Cyber Crimes, covered by websites are:

  • Email Frauds
  • Social Media crimes
  • Mobile App related crimes
  • Business Email Compromise
  • Data Theft
  • Ransomeware
  • Net Banking/ATM Frauds
  • Fake Calls Frauds
  • Insurance Frauds
  • Lottery Scam
  • Bitcoin
  • Cheating Scams
  • Online Transactions Frauds

District Cyber Cells information has also been made available:

EAST
Room No. 11, DCP Office, IP Extension Mandawali,
Fazalpur, New Delhi – 110092
011-22232116
acp-diu-east-dl@delhipolice.gov.in

NORTH EAST
IIIrd Floor, DCP Office, Seelampur,
New Delhi- 110053
011-22829503,22829504
cybercell.ned@delhipolice.gov.in

SOUTH
Room No. – 107, Ist Floor, PS Saket,
New Delhi – 110017
011-29561004
cybercell.south@delhipolice.gov.in

SOUTH EAST
Room No. 114 & 124, Ist Floor,
PS C.R Park Complex, New Delhi – 110087
011-26270304
cybercell.sed@delhipolice.gov.in

SOUTH WEST
DCP Office Complex, Sec. – 19,
Dwarka, New Delhi – 110075
011-28084059
acpdiu-swd-dl@delhipolice.gov.in

WEST
IInd Floor, PS Hari Nagar,
New Delhi – 110064
011-25123432
acpdiu-west-dl@delhipolice.gov.in

OUTER
Cyber Cell, Kanjhawala Road, Near Marble Market,
Mangolpuri, New Delhi – 110083
011-27911006
acp-ops-outer-dl@delhipolice.gov.in

CENTRAL
Old Builiding, PS Kamla Market, New Delhi – 110002
011-232100885
cybercell-central@delhipolice.gov.in

NORTH
Behind Daulat Ram College, Delhi University North Campus,
Maurice Nagar, New Delhi – 110007
011-27662875
acp-ops-north-dl@delhipolice.gov.in

NORTH WEST
Cyber Cell, AU-Block, Pitampura, New Delhi – 110088
011-27344606
acp-ops-northwest-dl@delhipolice.gov.in

SHAHDARA
Old DCP Office, GTB Enclave, IInd Floor, Room No. 307,
Near Jhilmil Metro Station, Dilshad Garden, New Delhi-110095
011-22304001
cybercell-shahdara@delhipolice.gov.in

ROHINI
Room No. 303, Rohini District line, Begampur,
New Delhi – 110086
011-27061702
dcp-rohini-dl@delhipolice.gov.in

NEW DELHI
Room No. 206, PS Mandir Marg,
New Delhi – 110001
011-23746694
dcp-newdelhi-dl@nic.in

Mobile APP ‘Review Dede’ hacked into, Rs 10,500 vouchers stolen

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Podium Systems registered Police complaint under Information Technology Act in May, when they discovered that codes of vouchers purchased by the company for its first product, the Review DeDe app, had been used illegally.

The cyber-crime cell at Pune, after investigating for weeks, registered an FIR at local police station. The Vivek Rajole, the accused has been booked under sections 66 / 66D of the Information Technology Act and varius sections of Indian Penal Code (IPC) including section 420 for cheating and 380 for theft.

The movie review mobile app ‘Review Dede’ was launched by the Company in April 2017 & had gained huge popularity and to gain more ground, they made arrangements with other brands like Carnival Cinemas, PVR Cinemas and Shoppers Stop, so that users could be rewarded better. For every review, a user was awarded a gift voucher which could be used a designated stores. The hacked got access to over 2 lakhs vouchers uploaded on the APP but by the time the Company could detect any theft/misdeed on their servers, the hacker had already utilized e-vouchers worth Rs 10,000. As a result, Podium Systems contacted its partners and prevented use of remaining e-codes.

The matter sounds similar to an FIR registered earlier in the year at South Delhi (Hauz Khas) Police Station, which was referred as Digital Shoplifting and four arrests were made in that matter. The Complainant Complany in that matter is ?s Voucha Gram India Pvt Ltd, which owns www.GYFTR.com. Read the story here!

Anyway, in the current matter, the hacker was also able to access the company’s SMS system and the hacker was able to sent out messages anywhere in the name of the Mobile App / Company, though Customer Database was secured. The system was hcked on 08 May 2017, whulethe company could discover the same only on 10 May 2017. And the formal complant was logded with Cyber Crime cell on 22 May 2017 only. The Police has been able to track down the IP adress of the hacker, which has been traced it back to Karnataka and soon arrest will be made, as per Police Statement.

UIDAI books OLA owned Bengaluru Company Qarth Technologies & founder for illegally accessing the Aadhaar database

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The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has pressed for a criminal complaint against Qarth Technologies, an OLA promoted company and also it’s co-founder Abhinav Srivastava of developing a mobile application and obtaining details about the Indian Citizens enrolled with UIDAU for Aadhaar, without authentication. Engineer Abhinav, whose startup was taken up by Ola, has been named in the FIR for individually constructing an application which supposed to retrieve Aadhaar enrolment information with title, Aadhaar ID as input.

The Aadhaar project was already under criticism for infringing on the right to privacy of the citizens, and now numerous such instances where authority site leaked people’s 12-digit Aadhaar enrollment ID numbers have mounted concerns as these defects could allow it to remain vulnerable allowing, it’s misuse and crimes like identity theft.

The engineer, Abhinav Srivastava, was accused of illegally obtaining the Aadhaar database and sources state that how he did it might entail either the collusion of individuals who had authorised access or a hack. As per the FIR, accessing secure data from the Aadhaar database and leaking information is an offence under the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and other subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act 2016 and Information Technology Act, 2000.

Srivastava has been slapped with a FIR under sections of this Aadhaar act that outlaws distribution and access of Aadhaar information, and segments of the Information Technology behave like Section 66 of Information Technology Act, which deals with hacking !

UIDAI official said the database is very secure. This seems to have happened at the level of the Authentication User Agency or e-KYC User Agency. He also added, we encounter malpractice cases, where some false documents have been submitted. This is the first such technical case.

Rs 71,000 lost in identity theft by senior citizen

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Though banks have been regularly providing various alerts through Email and SMS as they never ask any sensitive/confidential information over the telephone or through email, etc. But a senior citizen from Mumbai still got misled, when some female misrepresented as a Bank Executive and asked for various details as to Debit Card.

The 73 year old man gave the details such as debit card number, CVV details and even one-time password (OTP) in the hope that the Debit Card will be converted in to new one with lifetime validity but within few minutes he received a message that Rs 71,000 has been debited from his account. As a result FIR has been registered under Section 66C of Information Technology Act and Section 420 of Indian penal Code.

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UK teenager arrested for online threats to local school

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British authorities arrested a UK teen Friday morning in the string of bomb threat hoaxes against West Michigan schools.

The arrest was the result of a joint investigation between a British organized crime unit and the FBI. But computer forensics analysts with the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Department also played a big role.

Investigators say the 16-year-old British boy was responsible for online threats against Coopersville, Hudsonville and Allendale Schools. He’s also a suspect in a series of threats made to airports and airlines, which forced the grounding of planes.

There is no evidence that teen was involved in threats against Rockford Schools. A Rockford High School student was charged in that case.

more @ http://woodtv.com/2015/06/26/uk-teen-arrested-for-threatening-local-schools-online/

New York private investigator gets jail term for hacking into emails

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A New York private investigator who hacked the e-mails of dozens of people he was investigating got jail time — but a judge stopped short of helping to expose the clients that hired him to do their dirty work.

Manhattan federal judge Richard Sullivan sentenced Eric Saldarriaga to three months in jail for pilfering some 60 e-mail accounts, saying he hoped to send a message about the seriousness of cybercrime.

more @ http://nypost.com/2015/06/26/private-investigator-gets-3-months-for-hacking-but-wont-expose-clients/

More children get caught up in pornography in Indonesia

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The number of children involved in pornography and cybercrime cases has increased rapidly over the years, a report from the Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI) states. The report recorded 322 cases in 2014, an increase from 247 cases in 2013 and 175 cases in 2012, with most cases relating to online pornography.

“The rise of access to information and technology has contributed to this increase, as well as a lack of parental guidance,” KPAI deputy chairperson Maria Advianti told The Jakarta Post earlier this week.

According to the Indonesian Internet Service Providers Association (APJII), Indonesia’s total number of internet users reached 88.1 million people in 2014, placing it sixth in the world. Ninety-five percent of these internet users access social networking sites.

more @ http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2015/06/27/more-children-get-caught-pornography-cybercrime.html

Facebook Malware proves costly for Indian Shopkeeper

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Sanjay Sharma, a New Delhi based shopkeeper’s act of clicking on a malware on his Facebook Timeline link landed him in deep trouble, as the link spread on the Facebook walls of other friends including the complainant woman. The woman’s family registered a Police Complaint under Information Technology Act as the link contained adult video.

Mr Sharma, however defended his actions as they were not deliberate and opening a malware link only resulted in video being sent to other users.

According to the FIR, the woman received a vulgar video clip on her Facebook account from Sharma in the first week of June. When she disclosed it to her husband, he called up the accused who pleaded innocence, saying the clips were sent due to a technical glitch. But the woman pointed out that the offensive message was not deleted till she reached the police.

The Delhi high court has partially accepted Sharma’s plea and granted him anticipatory bail on the condition that he furnishes the laptop and its password, so that the cyber cell can investigate if an offence is made out.

more @ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Man-faces-arrest-for-sending-adult-videos-on-Facebook/articleshow/47777102.cms

Kerala Minister calls for comprehensive law on CyberCrimes, post quashing of 66A

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Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala has stressed on the need for a comprehensive Central legislation for preventing cybercrimes. This has been necessitated with the Supreme Court quashing Section 66A of the Information Technology (IT) Act in a recent judgment, he added.

He was inaugurating a seminar on ‘Cyberspace Governance and Security,’ organised by the Institute for Sustainable Development and Governance (ISDG) here on Friday.

Mr. Chennithala said the State police had been rendered “helpless” and faced certain limitations in addressing cybercrimes in the wake of the order.

He added that the Kerala Police and the State government were contemplating introducing a mass cyber literacy campaign. An awareness campaign will be initiated to impart knowledge among youngsters in the light of increasing cybercrimes in the State. The activity will be undertaken in schools and colleges under the Safe Campus, Clean Campus programme during the current academic year.

The proposed National University for Police Sciences and Security Studies will also have focus on the issue of cybercrimes.

more @ http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Thiruvananthapuram/call-for-comprehensive-law-for-handling-cybercrimes/article7335733.ece

Polish Airline LOT’s system hacking, grounded passengers for hours

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Reuters reports hacking of ground computer system at Warsaw Airport in Poland. The system was used by Airline LOT to issue flight plans. It is also reported by Reuters that it took 5 hours to rectify the system during which 10 flights were cancelled and many more delayed.

This brings forth the serious issue that Airlines need to take care of in the Cyber Security area. Just last month FBI revealed that an hacker named Chris Roberts has claimed to have hacked into Airline’s engine control and also music system during 2011 to 2014.

Another interesting article at CNN.com, which provides information as to the possibility of hacking into an Airline System – http://edition.cnn.com/2015/05/18/us/airplane-computer-hacking/