Chinese hackers targeted shoppers during Flipkart festive sales
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Last Updated: Dec 19, 2020, 07:56 AM IST
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The biggest festive sale hacking emerged via Spin The Lucky Wheel Scam that emerged within days of Flipkart announcing its Big Billion Day Sale in the month of October, said the investigation conducted by New Delhi-based CyberPeace Foundation. People who were duped into believing that they had won the phone as a prize would be asked to share the link via WhatsApp to their friends and family, the report said.
New Delhi: China-based hacking groups are leaving no stone unturned in attacking Indians and a new report revealed on Friday that fraudsters from GuangDong and Henan province in China targeted online shoppers during the record-breaking Flipkart festive season sales.
Chinese hackers targeted shoppers during Flipkart festive sales
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Hackers from the Guangdong and Henan provinces in China targeted millions of Indians with shopping scams during the e-commerce festive season sales in October and November, according to a report by CyberPeace Foundation, a cybersecurity think tank. The hackers created bogus links and asked internet users to click on them to participate in online contests and win prizes. The links were distributed through WhatsApp messages and it is believed they have been sent to many people. Some of these scam contests imitated the actual sales campaigns run by Amazon and Flipkart to make them look genuine and trick the consumers.