Educational foundation becomes victim of cyber crime

New Delhi: A leading educational foundation, which operates across India and has its office in Saket, has become the latest victim of online slur with an unidentified man putting up videos on YouTube with derogatory tags and texts and uploading the pictures and videos of the foundation's employees meet in sections of 'rave parties' and 'orgy', said a source.

The accused reportedly captured some 'fun moments' where teachers were shown dancing and associated them with raves and sex videos leading to the organization facing queries from across the globe. The worried foundation has now approached the cyber cell of Delhi police which has registered a criminal case under section 66 of the Information Technology (IT) act and has begun its probe.

A senior cop said that the data in the video indicates that the ?person who has put up these videos has access to information inside the organization?. ?Event he organizations suspects that this could be the handiwork of a disgruntled fellow or an ex employee. A source said that they were trying to ascertain the location and identity of the accused by gaining access to their IP address. "A breakthrough is soon expected," he added.

The incident first came to light on February this year when some of the senior members of the organization noticed the released video on the internet under the name 'tatha806', said a source. The videos threaten to expose the reality of the fellowships offered by the organization.

?With their complaint to the police, the organization has also provided the cops with the slanderous content about the organization on the video sharing portal, YouTube?. The organization also provided the cops with the URL of the videos.

"There are ?two ?videos that show the fellows and staff members?, singing and dancing for some entertainment ?at the end of the day within the premises of the houses they stay in?. ?These fun moments have been given titles like ?'?rave party?' ?and ?'?orgy?' ?which appears to be a deliberate attempt to misrepresent the people shown in the video?," said the complaint.?

"?The other ?two ?videos are videos comprising written text?. ?These are long videos one being nearly ?seven ?minutes ?and the other being nearly of ?15 ?minutes?. The text in these videos deliberately quotes and misrepresents ?remarks and observations made by individuals?. ?It falsely accuses the organization of corrupt practices? and also makes false allegations and defamatory statements against our partner organizations? and board members. As per the data gathered by the National Crime Records Bureau ( NCRB), hacking cases have registered an increase of 1850% — from just two cases in the year 2010 to 39 in 2011.

 

Raj Shekhar, TNN Aug 11, 2012, 05.03PM IST                                      Source-TOI