Case : Hacking

State : Karnataka, India

City : Bangalore, India

Sections of Law 66 & 67 of IT Act 2000

Background The complainant approached the police stating that she had been receiving obscene and pornographic material at her e-mail address and mobile phone. She stated that this person appeared to know a lot about her and her family and believed that her e-mail account had been hacked.
Investigation The investigating team using a different e-mail ID tried to chat with the accused using the complainant’s e-mail ID. Subsequently the investigating team was able to identify the ISP address of the computer system being used and it was tracked to an organization in Delhi. The investigating team visited the company and through its server logs was able to identify the system from which the obscene material was sent. Using forensic disk imaging and analysis tools the e-mails were retrieved from the system. The residence of the accused was located and the hard disk of his personal computer was seized. On the basis of the evidence gathered the accused was arrested.