Cyber criminals steals money from Dayanidhi Maran’s account

Chennai, Oct 10 (BPNS)

DMK leader and Member of Parliament, Dayanidhi Maran has lodged a complaint with the police that an amount of Rs 99,999 was stolen from his bank account by cyber criminals.

Maran who is the former Union Minister for Information Technology lodged a complaint with the Greater Chennai  City Police.

Dayanidhi Maran on his social media post on  ,’X’ said, “ On Sunday Rs 99,999  was stolen from my @Axis Bank personal savings account  through a net banking transfer via@IDFCFIRSTBANK-@BillDesk, by-passing all normal safety protocols. An OTP, the standard protocol for such transactions, was neither generated nor received by my linked mobile number. Instead a call was made to the account’s joint holder- my wife’s number and the fraudsters had the gall to ask if the transaction had taken place. The pretended to be from the bank but had @cbic_india on their display picture. This confirmed my suspicion and I immediately proceeded to block all activities on my account.”

The former union minister in the post said, “ What puzzles me is how they accessed personal information and breached security protocols with such ease. This isn’t a phishing attack nor were any sensitive details divulged. @AxisBank was clueless as to how the attack had happened nor could they give any solid explanation for why the OTP was not required from my number for the transaction to take place.”

Dayanidhi Maran added, “If this can happen to someone who is aware of tech and cautious with the private data, what about first- time digital users and senior citizens? Is anyone’s data safe? In the past ive written to Hon’ble FM Tmt@nsitharaman and @FinMinIndia seeking help for cybercrime victims in my capacity as an MP. Today as victim, I demand accountability & Justice.”

The DMK leader further said that for India as a country to emerge as a Financial Tech hub, robust security and government action was important.  He also asked as to what action was the government taking to protect the private data of citizens. The former union minister also demanded the Union Finance minister, Nirmala Sitharaman to release a white paper on the matter and demanded immediate action on the issue.