Two techies arrested for hacking cell recharge site

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By Vandana Keelor
The Times of India
Sept 2, 2012

NOIDA: Two members of the hacker group, "Indishell", and its offshoots 
were arrested on Saturday after an extensive investigation by the Gautam 
Budh Nagar cyber crime cell. The accused, who did BTech in computer 
science, were charged with hacking into an e-commerce website that 
specializes in mobile recharge. Cops said four members of the gang with 
pan-India operations were at large.

The hackers have cheated a Delhi-based company of more than Rs 50 lakh, 
police said. The accused, Sumit Gupta (24) and Ankit Singh (22), are 
from Moradabad in UP, and are considered one of the "most sophisticated 
hackers in the country". They were arrested from Noida and booked under 
Sections 420 of the IPC and 66C of the IT Act, 2008.

"We received a complaint from the head of recharge of Memory Electronics 
Pvt Ltd about the website being hacked," said Triveni Singh, DSP (cyber 
crime cell) GB Nagar.

The IP address used by the hackers was located in Sector 62 of Noida. 
Cops then zeroed in on the duo, allegedly involved in scores of hacking 
cases. To siphon off the money, the hackers would bypass the cc avenue 
payment gateway, cops said. "After hacking into the server, the accused 
obtained administrative rights of the website. when users asked for 
recharge of their cellphones, DTH cards, net cards, etc, the hackers 
would just key in the cell number and the amount to be topped up. 
However, no bill would be generated as the hackers had bypassed the 
payment page," Triveni said.

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