Yogesh K Porwar & Sunil Lohan
M
anaging Director of the Karnataka State Marketing , communication and and Advertising limited on Friday filed a complaint with the Central division Cyber crime police that unknown person hacked the company server demanding ransom.
Based on the complaint filed by Mohammed Ateeq Ulla Shariff, the police have registered a case under IT act and also under section 308(2) ( extortion) for further investigation.
The KSMCA was established as Marketing Consultants and Agencies Ltd in 1972 under the aegis of Commerce & Industries Department as a Subsidiary of Mysore Sales International Limited,provides comprehensive communication solutions including Advertising, Event Management, Outdoor, Radio and , Print Production Services and Social Media Content to various State Government bodies few Central Government Undertakings and PSUs.
The company also maintained the data base of its clients and finance and accounts data .
The hacking came to light on Friday when officials tried to check the website but it accessed denied with a message “ Your data has been Stolen and encrypted! Email Us ithelp24ok@aol.com or ithelp24ok@cyberfear.com” further verificatio found a message “ We downloaded to our servers and encrypted all your database and personal information” .
The hacker according to Mr. Shariff was demanding ransom to give access and threatened to leak and destroyed the server if failed to pay.
