Server Used For Congress Twitter Handle Hacking Traced To Bengaluru, IP Address In Europe

The preliminary investigation into the hacking of Twitter handles of Congress and its vice-president Rahul Gandhi have revealed that the server from where the hackers had logged in was based in Bengaluru. However, the IP address they used was found to be in Norway or Sweden. 

AFP

Delhi police registered two FIRs on Thursday following a complaint under Section 66 of the IT Act. Police suspect that Rahul's account might have been accessed from a device that did not have an updated anti-virus software or from a compromised IP address. They said that the hackers might have logged in from multiple IP addresses to make tracking difficult.

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Sleuths suspect that a malware existed on the computer system from which both the accounts were accessed. They called the modus operandi "spear phishing", where the email account used to create the Twitter handle or the Twitter account itself is hacked using phishing software.

AFP

A cyber security team under DCP Anyesh Roy has been formed to probe into the full dump of the INC mail id, which the hackers have threatened to expose later this month,