Kolkata:
German cops along with officers of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID)
raided a Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) office in Salt Lake Sector V on
Wednesday and Thursday in connection with a cheating complaint lodged by a
Germany-based company.
The
accused had allegedly set up an IT firm in Sector V and was providing technical
support to the German company. The Bidhannagar police's cyber cell is also
helping the CID officers in the probe. The case was referred to CID by the
Delhi Central
Bureau of Investigation (CBI), who claimed that
the German police had contacted them initially through the Interpol.
A CID
officer said: “The complaint mentions that the German company's client data had
been stolen and the company suspects the BPO. The German police told us that
their investigation had revealed that some clients of the German company had
been directly approached by the BPO in violation of the agreement.” “The volume
of information stolen is yet to be ascertained. The German police have told us
that the company has suffered losses to the tune of crores of rupees because of
the data theft,” he further added.
The
local police are yet to find out whether the BPO or some of its employees were
involved in the crime.
With
data breach emerging as a major risk area for companies, the IT firms in
Kolkata are now themselves rushing to the cops. The Bidhannagar and Kolkata
cyber cells have recorded six different FIRs in this regard in the past six
months.
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