Mumbai Police, which is probing the alleged hacking by a CA student into Anil Ambani's e-filing of Income-Tax returns account, has stumbled upon another CA student who not only accessed the top industrialist's account, but also of popular cricketers and film stars including Sachin Tendulkar, M S Dhoni, Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan.
The probe took them to an accountancy firm in Noida, where 22 Years Old CA student was found to have hacked into Ambani's account. He is doing his articleship, was accordingly booked by the Cyber Crime Cell on September 16 and his computer and hard disks were seized, Police added.
Like the Hyderabad based girl, he had also for curiosity had hacked into Ambani's account on June 26. The accused first accessed the accounts of Shah Rukh and Salman on June 22, Dhoni's account on June 24 and then broke into Ambani's account. He again accessed Dhoni's account on June 28, and Sachin's account on July 4.
The modus operandi in both the cases was similar. The two had sent e-mails to the IT department seeking change in the password of the person whose account they planned to hack into. The IT department then did the needful, a procedure that highlights the fragility of the department, says Crime branch.
Using the new password, the duo accessed the accounts of the prominent personalities. Both the accused are not yet arrested, said another police officer adding that, "the offences were bailable. We have plans to file the chargesheets at the earliest. And at the time of filing the chargesheets, we would place the duo under arrest."
My Question here is where new generation CA's are heading? Is this not affecting our professional Image? These big celebrities would be under constant fear of there accounts getting hacked by another CA students.
What ICAI is planning to do to condemn such act? What is role of IT Department on IT?
Please spread awareness among all community members to maintain reputation of ICAI. Lets learn from the mistakes and do not repeat it.
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