An app may be stealing your bank data, RBI warns digital, UPI users

Digital security concerns have assumed greater importance amid the Modi government's efforts to steer India towards a less-cash, digital economy

Do you use online banking? Beware! Hackers might be fraudulently accessing your e-wallets, mobile banking app and UPI. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has warned banks of a digital banking fraud that could wipe out a customer’s bank balance by using the Unified Payment Interface (UPI) route. In an alert dated February 14, the cybersecurity and IT examination cell of the central bank said that a mobile application called ‘AnyDesk’ was allegedly being used by fraudsters to access data on mobile devices.

Digital security concerns have assumed a greater importance amid the Narendra Modi government's efforts to steer India