3 arrested for hacking UPPCL online billing system

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Press Trust of India Lucknow
Last Updated : Apr 17 2015 | 4:42 PM IST
Three persons were today arrested by the Special Task Force of Uttar Pradesh police for allegedly hacking UP Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) online billing system and reducing power bills of consumers.
Parvez, Pankaj Singh and Amit Tondon were arrested from Mahanagar area by an STF team which was tracking them down on a complaint by UPPCL, a senior STF official said here.
The three were involved in hacking UPPCL billing system by creating fake user id through which they reduced bills of consumers by taking money from them.
They had reduced bills of several consumers in Gorakhpur and Varanasi and FIRs were also registered in those cases before the UPPCL approached the STF, he said.
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First Published: Apr 17 2015 | 4:42 PM IST

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