Former Karnataka Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda has misplaced Rs 3 lakh to cybercriminals who allegedly hacked his financial institution accounts. The fraud was detected on Tuesday evening whereas reviewing telephone messages, Gowda instructed reporters on Wednesday.
“I obtained to learn about it solely after I obtained the messages of deduction from the banks. One lakh every has been siphoned from HDFC, SBI, and Axis Financial institution accounts. I’ve filed a police criticism on this regard,” he added.
Nevertheless, it’s nonetheless unclear how Gowda’s cell phone was compromised, mentioned the officers on the Cybercrime Financial Offence and Narcotics (CEN) police station, Bengaluru North, that registered a case. The police are checking if he had clicked on any hyperlinks.
The incident has come to gentle solely two days after the cell phones of actor-director Upendra and his actress spouse Priyanka Upendra had been hacked. Their knowledge was compromised by fraudsters who later siphoned off about Rs 2 lakh from their pals.
Priyanka mentioned she obtained a name at round 10 am from somebody claiming to characterize a Dubai-based on-line platform the place she had positioned an order. The caller, posing as an govt, claimed they couldn’t find her tackle for bundle supply.
Following the directions of the caller, she typed within the code, and shortly discovered that one thing had gone incorrect along with her cell phone. She then forwarded the hyperlink to Upendra’s telephone after which clicked on it, after which his telephone stopped working as nicely.
The cyber fraudsters then despatched fraudulent WhatsApp messages from Priyanka’s account to her contacts, requesting pressing monetary help. A few of them transferred the cash to the account.
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This 12 months, Karnataka has recorded greater than 7500 cybercrime circumstances, with Bengaluru metropolis accounting for greater than 5500 circumstances.