Nowadays, many fantasy league apps offer the opportunity to win prizes by choosing your team on cricket and other sports. But is the user's data safe? Such a question is being presented. Recently, Dream11 app was hacked. After the matter reached the police, the cyber department took immediate action and launched Dream11's parent company Sports Technology Pvt. लि. Security Director Abhishek Pratap Singh has been taken into custody. They have been accused of hacking into sensitive data of Dream11 to extort money.
This was reported by Free Press Journal. According to the police, on August 11, Singh threatened to leak the data through an email to five senior executives of Dream11 company. Harsh Jain is the CEO of the company. If you want to prevent these files from being uploaded on the dark web, you can try.
The police further said that 61 files were attached as evidence with the said email. which contains sensitive data. If this data was leaked, the entire system of the Dream11 app would have collapsed.
This first email was answered by the Vice President of Dream11's Information and Technology Department. "You have time, we will talk about it," he replied. On August 12, Singh responded to the email, saying, "Many are ready to buy this data in the market. Tell us what you are offering. "
After the second email, Dream11 employee Jamshadi Bhupathi lodged a complaint with the Maharashtra Cyber department. Attempts are being made to hack our data and demand ransom, "the complaint said. The police immediately swung into action and arrested the accused from his residence in Bengaluru.
During the investigation, an email from which the accused threatened to leak the data to Dream11 company was also received. The mobile phone and laptop of the accused have also been seized. The accused was remanded in police custody till August 26. How did the accused get access to the company's sensitive data? Police are currently investigating. A case has been registered against him under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Information Technology Act.