NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation on Monday claimed a unsolicited mail mail was once sent to 30,000 folks from an reputable e mail ID of former joint director of CBI, Rajiv Singh, who was once heading the probe into the Punjab National Bank scam on account of hacking or malware, but there was once no foul play concerned.
CBI said there was once no probe within the subject as it was once a hacking or malware brought about unsolicited mail, and no data or investigation details were compromised.
A unsolicited mail message was once sent to over 30,000 folks pronouncing the sender was once Norwegian and it was once on account of the nice fortune of the receiver that this mail landed in his inbox asking the recipient to forward it additional. The "single suspicious activity" within the day from an e mail account brought about in-built security system to routinely block the account. "(The) matter was immediately brought to the notice of systems division of the CBI. The systems division contacted National Informatics Centre which operates the official e-mails of the CBI. NIC informed that in view of a single time suspicious activity on this e-mail on the same day the ID has been immediately and automatically blocked," the company said in a statement.
The CBI spokesperson said the computer systems operating the email account belonged to the staff segment of Singh's place of job. "The computers which routinely accessed this e-mail have been sent for examination for possible malware," the spokesperson said. He added no non-public laptop or laptop of the officer has been seized or is beneath probe.
CBI said there was once no probe within the subject as it was once a hacking or malware brought about unsolicited mail, and no data or investigation details were compromised.
A unsolicited mail message was once sent to over 30,000 folks pronouncing the sender was once Norwegian and it was once on account of the nice fortune of the receiver that this mail landed in his inbox asking the recipient to forward it additional. The "single suspicious activity" within the day from an e mail account brought about in-built security system to routinely block the account. "(The) matter was immediately brought to the notice of systems division of the CBI. The systems division contacted National Informatics Centre which operates the official e-mails of the CBI. NIC informed that in view of a single time suspicious activity on this e-mail on the same day the ID has been immediately and automatically blocked," the company said in a statement.
The CBI spokesperson said the computer systems operating the email account belonged to the staff segment of Singh's place of job. "The computers which routinely accessed this e-mail have been sent for examination for possible malware," the spokesperson said. He added no non-public laptop or laptop of the officer has been seized or is beneath probe.
30,000 spam mails go out from CBI ex-officer's account
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