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Telangana Police Allegedly Attacked by Unknown Hackers, Attackers Steal Sensitive Data Including TSCOP App; Department Shuts Down Website and Apps for Security Overhaul

Unknown hackers attacked Telangana COPs and breached the data to sell online on BreachForums website. After compromising Telangana police's Hawkeye app last week, this second attempt succesfully took data of individuals and also affected TSCOP app. The Telangana State Portal is shut down for maintenance.

Team Latestly | Published: Jun 08, 2024 11:23 AM IST
Telangana Police Allegedly Attacked by Unknown Hackers, Attackers Steal Sensitive Data Including TSCOP App; Department Shuts Down Website and Apps for Security Overhaul
Telangana COP Data Breach Representational Image (Photo Credit: X, Pexels)

Unknown hackers successfully hacked into the Telangana Police systems and stole data in an attempt to sell online. The Telangana COPs network, including the TSCOP facial recognition setup, was compromised. According to reports, the hacked data of Telangana COPs and the TSCOP app were available for sale in the online market at $120 on BreachForums, a black hat–hacking crime forum used by cybercriminals. The reports said that the same hacker compromised Telangana Police's Hawkeye app last week. Srinivas Kodali, a data researcher posted on X about the data breach, "This is very very easy because the company which built this software, WINC IT Services has harcoded (embedded passwords as plaint text) inside TSCOP. The TSCOP connects to CCTNS". This Telangana data breach is the second attempt by the hackers to steal the information and sell it online. The hacked data of Hawkeye reportedly included SOS calls from women, emails, names, phones and critical data of over 2 lakh individuals. According to a report by Times of India, Srinivas Kodali advised that Telangana police should use longer passwords containing alphabets, numbers, symbols, and capitals, as well as hardcore all the passwords in apps. Telangana State Portal is shut down now with a message - "Sorry for the inconvenience but we're performing some maintenance at the moment. If you need to you can always contact us, otherwise we'll be back online". Zerodha CEO Nithin Kamath Praises SEBI for Making Market Safer and Investor-Friendly, Says New Regulation Will Ease Operations at Broker’s End.

Data Researcher Srinivas Kodali's Post on Telangana COPs Hacked including TSCOP App:

Telangana State Portal  Shut Down For Maintenance:

Telangana COPs Website Under Maintenance (Photo Credit: Official Website)
Telangana State Portal - We'll Be Back Soon Image (Photo Credit: Official Website)

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