Mumbai: Man hacks company data to defame it; arrested

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The Criminal Intelligence Unit (CIU) of the crime branch arrested an accused who allegedly hacked the data of a well-known company to allegedly defame it. According to the police, the matter came to light on January 12 when the complainant approached the south cyber cell to register a complaint.

According to the complainant, Shailendra Rathi, the partner of Windson Projects Private Limited, the company had observed that an X user @satya_karmaa had tweeted an objectionable post on January 7.

The user stated that the Windson company is allegedly part of a '3,000-crore scam. The user further alleged that even a prominent business company is a part of this scam. The scam's money is deposited into the Windson company's bank account.

He also provided a link as "proof" of the alleged scam, "When we opened the link, there were no links and the link didn't even open," said an officer. The police registered an FIR against an unknown user. The case was then transferred to the crime branch.

During the investigation, it was revealed that an accused had allegedly hacked the company's data. A thorough technical investigation led the police to Mohit Jain, 30, a resident of Andheri who was arrested on January 27.