Noida on the radar of cyber criminals
29 Dec 2013 5:17 AM IST
Every day reports of ATM cloning, online fraud and mobile banking scams are making headlines of newspapers.
On Thursday, a person named Rajvir lodged a complaint that in between 10 and 14 December, Rs 20,000 was withdrawn from his ICICI bank account.
More than 250 cases of cyber fraud have been registered under IT Act so far in 2013 and this month alone, there were around 20 cases of ATM cloning. The figures are high in comparison with other NCR cities such as Gurgaon, where a miniscule number of 45 cyber fraud cases have been registered. The alarming figures have raised fingers over the district police.
Most of the crime is committed on Saturday so that the victims cannot approach banks, as they are closed on Sundays. This cyber criminals work in tandem with bank officials and also the security guards deployed at ATM kiosks who help them access ATM card details. In some cases, more than 10 cloned ATM cards of the same account have been used to withdraw money from different ATM machines.
The first case of cyber crime this month came into light on 7 December, when an assistant general manager of NTPC, Gopikant Nayak lodged a complaint about the withdrawal of Rs 1.9 lakh from his account within a span of 30 minutes from 10 ATM centres across the city. The very next day, another employee of NTPC, Deepak Kumar complained cyber cell that Rs 1 lakh was withdrawn from his account.
On 11 December, a Noida-based export company lodged a complaint that hackers hacked the official email of the company and transferred money to their own account. There were similar cases of ATM fraud reported. Cyber experts believe that the cyber criminals access the account information through physical assess of cards at petrol pumps and shopping malls.
Karnika Seth, a cyber law expert said that cases of cyber crimes are increasing rapidly in the city. She says, ‘We get two-three cases on a daily basis and the numbers are increasing with each passing day. The main reason for the rise in cyber crime is unskilled police and a poor cyber cell structure.’
‘These criminals have a nexus with security guards who allow them to install steamer devices to access details of ATM cards,’ Seth added.
 Bharti Singh, SP crime, Noida, said, ‘There is a striking increase in the cases of cloning and swapping of ATM cards. We feel handicapped in solving these cases because banks are not cooperative and do not follow the directions such as installing CCTV cameras and verifying the details of the card holder.’
On Thursday, a person named Rajvir lodged a complaint that in between 10 and 14 December, Rs 20,000 was withdrawn from his ICICI bank account.
More than 250 cases of cyber fraud have been registered under IT Act so far in 2013 and this month alone, there were around 20 cases of ATM cloning. The figures are high in comparison with other NCR cities such as Gurgaon, where a miniscule number of 45 cyber fraud cases have been registered. The alarming figures have raised fingers over the district police.
Most of the crime is committed on Saturday so that the victims cannot approach banks, as they are closed on Sundays. This cyber criminals work in tandem with bank officials and also the security guards deployed at ATM kiosks who help them access ATM card details. In some cases, more than 10 cloned ATM cards of the same account have been used to withdraw money from different ATM machines.
The first case of cyber crime this month came into light on 7 December, when an assistant general manager of NTPC, Gopikant Nayak lodged a complaint about the withdrawal of Rs 1.9 lakh from his account within a span of 30 minutes from 10 ATM centres across the city. The very next day, another employee of NTPC, Deepak Kumar complained cyber cell that Rs 1 lakh was withdrawn from his account.
On 11 December, a Noida-based export company lodged a complaint that hackers hacked the official email of the company and transferred money to their own account. There were similar cases of ATM fraud reported. Cyber experts believe that the cyber criminals access the account information through physical assess of cards at petrol pumps and shopping malls.
Karnika Seth, a cyber law expert said that cases of cyber crimes are increasing rapidly in the city. She says, ‘We get two-three cases on a daily basis and the numbers are increasing with each passing day. The main reason for the rise in cyber crime is unskilled police and a poor cyber cell structure.’
‘These criminals have a nexus with security guards who allow them to install steamer devices to access details of ATM cards,’ Seth added.
 Bharti Singh, SP crime, Noida, said, ‘There is a striking increase in the cases of cloning and swapping of ATM cards. We feel handicapped in solving these cases because banks are not cooperative and do not follow the directions such as installing CCTV cameras and verifying the details of the card holder.’
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