Recent events have shed light on the attempt of Russian hackers to infiltrate the Indian Navy and Air Force exams through the dark web. The Intelligence Department of Delhi Police were the ones who brought the widespread operation to hack into numerous entrance exams and complete them remotely.
New Delhi: The Delhi Police's Intelligence Fusion and Strategic Operations (IFSO) unit said Wednesday that a syndicate of three components functioning from Mumbai, Delhi-NCR, and Rajasthan used Russian hackers to enable over 450 candidates to cheat in a wide assortment of competitive examinations, spanning out from Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) to the Indian Air Force and Navy exams.
Exam takers were duped into paying large sums to have someone else give their tests for them through remote access for nearly two years. So far, six individuals have been apprehended, and police are now looking for the 'customers' who provided money to the accused, as well as the propriet...