Sanjay Bhagat
Frequent Flyer
Two members of the hacker group, "Indishell", and its offshoots were arrested on Saturday after an extensive investigation by the Gautam Budh Nagar cyber crime cell. The accused, who did BTech in computer science, were charged with hacking into an e-commerce website that specializes in mobile n DTH recharge
The hackers have cheated a Delhi-based company of more than Rs 50 lakh, police said. The accused, Sumit Gupta (24) and Ankit Singh (22), are from Moradabad in UP, and are considered one of the "most sophisticated hackers in the country". They were arrested from Noida and booked under Sections 420 of the IPC and 66C of the IT Act, 2008.
"We received a complaint from the head of recharge of MemoryElectronics Pvt Ltd about the website being hacked," said Triveni Singh, DSP (cyber crime cell) GB Nagar.
The IP address used by the hackers was located in Sector 62of Noida. Cops then zeroed in onthe duo, allegedly involved in scores of hacking cases. To siphon off the money, the hackers would bypass the cc avenue payment gateway, cops said. "After hacking into the server, the accused obtained administrative rights of the website. when users asked for recharge of their cellphones, DTHcards, net cards, etc, the hackers would just key in the cell number and the amount to be topped up. However, no bill would be generated as the hackers had bypassed the payment page," Triveni said.
"This way the recharge company would be debited every time without a bill, leadingto losses worth several lakhs," the DSP said.
The other accused who are yet to be arrested are also BTech graduates from across India."Shrinivas, facebook name 'neo', is from Kohlapur in Maharashtra;Ajay Dhaka, alias dark look, is from Jaipur; Raman Kumar Rana,facebook name 'google warrior',is a resident of Pathankot; and Manmohan, alias 'mack', is from Muradabad," Triveni said.
"We have found that Shrinivas isthe founder and president of a cyber security and anti-hacking organization. But now he is involved in hacking himself and has made a business out of it," Triveni said
Note that TOI is unable to verify any of theclaims in the report. It is also not clear as to which isthe above mentioned online recharge site, exceptfor the fact that it is a Delhi-based company and was using CCAvenue as its payment gateway, as indicated by the report. It is also not clear if any sensitive user data was leaked from the portal during the process. Further,there is no information if CCAvenue was also hacked during this process since the report suggests that the hackers had bypassed CCAvenue’s payment gateway page to transfer the money.
Two techies arrested for hacking cell n DTH recharge site
The hackers have cheated a Delhi-based company of more than Rs 50 lakh, police said. The accused, Sumit Gupta (24) and Ankit Singh (22), are from Moradabad in UP, and are considered one of the "most sophisticated hackers in the country". They were arrested from Noida and booked under Sections 420 of the IPC and 66C of the IT Act, 2008.
"We received a complaint from the head of recharge of MemoryElectronics Pvt Ltd about the website being hacked," said Triveni Singh, DSP (cyber crime cell) GB Nagar.
The IP address used by the hackers was located in Sector 62of Noida. Cops then zeroed in onthe duo, allegedly involved in scores of hacking cases. To siphon off the money, the hackers would bypass the cc avenue payment gateway, cops said. "After hacking into the server, the accused obtained administrative rights of the website. when users asked for recharge of their cellphones, DTHcards, net cards, etc, the hackers would just key in the cell number and the amount to be topped up. However, no bill would be generated as the hackers had bypassed the payment page," Triveni said.
"This way the recharge company would be debited every time without a bill, leadingto losses worth several lakhs," the DSP said.
The other accused who are yet to be arrested are also BTech graduates from across India."Shrinivas, facebook name 'neo', is from Kohlapur in Maharashtra;Ajay Dhaka, alias dark look, is from Jaipur; Raman Kumar Rana,facebook name 'google warrior',is a resident of Pathankot; and Manmohan, alias 'mack', is from Muradabad," Triveni said.
"We have found that Shrinivas isthe founder and president of a cyber security and anti-hacking organization. But now he is involved in hacking himself and has made a business out of it," Triveni said
Note that TOI is unable to verify any of theclaims in the report. It is also not clear as to which isthe above mentioned online recharge site, exceptfor the fact that it is a Delhi-based company and was using CCAvenue as its payment gateway, as indicated by the report. It is also not clear if any sensitive user data was leaked from the portal during the process. Further,there is no information if CCAvenue was also hacked during this process since the report suggests that the hackers had bypassed CCAvenue’s payment gateway page to transfer the money.
Two techies arrested for hacking cell n DTH recharge site
