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Maharashtra Cyber police nabs Bengaluru hacker for data extortion plot
Updated On: 23 August, 2024 07:40 AM IST | Mumbai | Faizan Khan
Accused threatened to leak critical data of fantasy sports app Dream 11 on dark web if demands were not met
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Hacker allegedly compromised over 1,200 GitHub repositories of Dream11. Representation Pic
In a case of digital extortion, Maharashtra Cyber has arrested a man in Bangalore for allegedly hacking the data source of Dream11, a fantasy sports platform with over 20 crore users. The hacker breached the company`s system and sent a threatening email, providing samples of the stolen data and demanding payment in exchange for its return. He warned that if his demands were not met, he would release the entire data set on the dark web, where it could be sold to interested buyers.
According to Maharashtra Cyber, Sports Technologies Private Limited, which operates the Dream11 platform, received an email from a hacker on August 11 from an unknown Gmail account. The email read, "I want to bring to your attention that your GitHub account has been compromised, and over 1,200 repositories are accessible. For your reference, I have attached some examples of the compromised repositories and included the names of others for verification. Review the attached information and let me know if you would like to take action to prevent these repositories from being uploaded to the dark web."
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