A case has been registered on a complaint by a retired Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General of India alleging that his email account has been hacked, police said today.
Ajit Patnaik, retired Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General of India approached police with a complaint three-four months back that his Hotmail account has been hacked and the hacker has been sending mails from his account, said a senior police officer.
Following an inquiry, an FIR was registered today by the Economic Offences Wing, he added.
Patnaik has shared the emails sent from his account and police has launched a probe into the matter, he said.
Police will be approaching the company to share log details of the said account, he added.
A case under sections 66 (Computer related offences), 66 C (Punishment for identity theft)and 66D (Punishment for cheating by personation by using computer resource) has been registered and investigation is underway, he said.
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