One of the biggest cyber attack in Devbhoomi - Uttarakhand, gave a shock to everyone in the state. Over 96 FIR registered within 3 days regarding ATM fraud and over 40 lakhs of money withdrawal by the cyber attackers.
If you are wondering, what is it? I think, probably you didn't read it anywhere on the internet. I don't know why it is not covered by the online media. It is the one of the biggest cyber attack in the state as well as in the country. To clear everything, I brief you the entire incident.
Day 1: 15 July 2017 becomes the nightmare for many peoples in Dehradun, Uttarakhand. Over 30 FIR registered overnight in several police stations like those in Nehru Colony, Raipur, Dalanwala and Kotwali regarding unauthorized money withdrawal of over 9 Lakhs from their bank account. The money withdrawn from somewhere in Jaipur. The Bank takes this attack lightly and asked people to lodge the complaint with the police, then only they can take further action.
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Day 2: The number of affected people increased to 56. According to Dehradun SP, Nivedita Kukreti, as per preliminary inquiry the cases are proving to be ones related to skimming. The fraudsters target such ATMs which do not have security guards and installed a card reader on the ATMs real card slot. When someone slides the card into ATM, the card reader stores its information on its magnetic strip. Apart from this, criminals also install a camera which captures the PIN of the users. With the help of the magnetic data of card and PIN numbers the criminals get access into the accounts of peoples. People are advised to change their ATM PIN as soon as possible.
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Day 3: The number of FIR increased to 74 and a total of over 19 lakhs money is withdrawn. The Police come to the conclusion that it is the clearest case of skimming the ATM with the help of a skimmer device in city's ATMs. Two SBI ATM sealed for inquiry. RBI takes account of the attack and demanded a report from the banks regarding the fraud.
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Day 4: Over 89 FIR registered and more than 90 peoples are affected in the city. Police sealed 7 out of 15 ATM in the city for inquiry. RBI demanded report and strictly asked to bank to take appropriate actions to the bank officers, who did not co-operated with peoples and send them directly to the police. The State Bank of India customers are highly effected in this fraud. Still no clue regarding the fraudsters.
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Day 5: Doon becomes the #1 city in the country to register this much of FIRs. Now an interesting facts come to light that the Police already informed the banks to tight their security as a chance to skimmer device may installed on their ATMs. Bank's even received the notice but take it lightly. According to Police reports, the skimmer device is installed on 1st July along with a web camera to capture the PIN. Police takes the CCTV footage of all the ATM's in the city.
The Police is still struggling to catch the fraudster, the collected CCTV footage recovered from Jaipur ATMs are submitted to cyber cell for more information. After RBI intervention, the bank ensures customers that all affected peoples will get their money back soon. It is the biggest attack in the city. People are afraid to withdraw money from ATM counters. Let see how much time it takes to get the fraudsters behind the bars. Let me know your thoughts on the comment section below about the whole incident.
Note: Sorry for any grammatical mistake! if any.
