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Mumbai NEARBY Hacked: How $171 mn stolen from Union Bank was recovered Details emerge of how the money was retrieved from accounts in four diferent countries after government intervention Suhasini Haidar chief, Dr. Gulshan Rai, who locations, including ac- ernment with which India Manojit Saha were involved in the opera- counts in Cambodia’s Cana- doesn’t have diplomatic ties, New Delhi/Mumbai tion, confirmed to The Hindu dia Bank and RHB IndoCh- particularly as a court order Farooq Abdullah wins Even as the government that while the attack was ser- ina Bank, Thailand’s Siam was needed to secure the Srinagar byelection marked Digital India Day, en- ious, all of the money had Commercial Bank, Bank banking reversal instruction. SRINAGAR couraging more Indians to been retrieved within days. Sinopac in Taiwan, and a However, with some pushing National Conference chief move to banking online, in- “We worked in record bank in Australia. These from U.S. officials, the entire Farooq Abdullah was vestigators and cyber secur- time with the Reserve Bank funds were routed by Cit- $171 million was traced. declared the winner of the ity agencies are battling of India, bank authorities ibank New York and JP Mor- As the money trickled Srinagar Lok Sabha more breaches of banking and government agencies gan Chase New York, which back into their accounts, byelection on Saturday. transfer security, admitting coordinating efforts. The hold UBI’s foreign exchange Union Bank officials heaved NEWS Ī PAGE 10 that “non-state” actors are bank succeeded in blocking accounts. a sigh of relief. Despite the DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD increasingly targeting India. the transfer of funds and speed and efficiency of oper- Jadhav kin may ile Details are only just emer- credited the entire amount MEA steps in ations to recover the money, mercy plea ging of the biggest such hack in a record period of six According to cybersleuths, not much is known about NEW DELHI of $171 million in July 2016, days,” Mr. Rai, who is the who were brought into the the follow-up investigations. A day after Pakistan asked which necessitated a seven- country’s first Chief Informa- investigation, the hacking An FIR was filed only a India to conduct more “active country hunt that had to be tion Security Officer, said. had occurred by sending month later on August 25 diplomacy” regarding the spearheaded at the top malware to a bank official, (FIR 243/2016) at Mumbai’s case of arrested former Navy levels of government to re- SUNDAY SPECIAL who mistakenly opened an Cybercell, but bank officials oicer Kulbhushan Jadhav, verse the theft. The hack in- email that enabled the rob- said they had no information oicials stated that the next volved a transfer double the “Investigations have been bery. By the next day, when of further follow-ups includ- step could include the size of the Bangladesh Cent- carried out by different ficials said, piecing together ments was checking state- flag to the bank’s top man- the extent of the loss was ing details of a charge sheet, process of appeal and mercy ral Bank that lost $81 million agencies. And whatever was the sequence. On that ments for the day from their agement about the transac- known, senior officials of the or investigations in any of petitions by his family. in February 2016, but most suggested [to improve secur- Thursday, a Union Bank of dollar account, when he no- tion. “I haven’t authorised Ministry of External Affairs the six other countries NEWS Ī PAGE 10 details have been kept under ity], has been implemen- India official in the treasury ticed a startling discrepancy. any such payment last and other offices in South involved. DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD wraps so far. ted,” Mr. Tiwari said. department looking at An amount of $171 million night,” he reportedly told Block were pressed into ac- (With inputs from Chairman of the Union Events unfolded on the SWIFT (Society for World- had been debited from the the bank’s management. tion to retrieve the money. Vijaita Singh) Bank of India Arun Tiwari as evening of July 20, towards wide Interbank Financial bank without his authorisa- By then the money had One tricky negotiation well as India’s cyber security the end of the bank-week, of- Telecommunication) pay- tion. He quickly raised a red found its way to at least five was with the Taiwanese gov- CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 10 CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Golden age of BJP For a clean sweep yet to come: Shah ‘Party will occupy all levels from panchayats to Parliament’ Nistula Hebbar with party workers himself. BHUBANESWAR “Mr. Shah said that when The BJP may be basking in the BJP won in 2014, analysts the warm afterglow of its vic- said the party had peaked. tories in the five States that After the results of the 2017 went to the polls earlier in [Assembly] elections, again, the year, but party president it was claimed that the party Amit Shah exhorted national has peaked,” Mr. Prasad said. executive members to not be “However, he believes “complacent” and work in- that the golden age of the stead for a golden age for the party, or its peak, will be party “with the BJP occupy- Yogi Adityanath with reached only after a BJP ing all levels of government Venkaiah Naidu in chief minister will be in- from panchayats to the Par- Bhubaneswar on Saturday. * stalled in every State and the liament.” party occupy positions of Mr. Shah’s appeal came Shah told national executive power from the panchayat to during his inaugural address members to devote 15 days a Parliament level,” Mr. Prasad to the party’s national exec- month to getting in touch quoted the party president utive meeting in with booth-level workers. as saying. Mr. Shah also said Bhubhaneswar, the capital Mr. Modi was the most popu- of Odisha, a State that seems Cross-country tour lar leader in the country to be next on the party’s ac- Mr. Prasad also said Mr. Shah since Independence. quisition list. Briefing the would also embark on a SECTION 2 Ī 14 PAGES media on Mr. Shah’s speech, whirlwind tour of 95 days, CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 10 SUNDAY MAGAZINE Ī 8 PAGES Union Law Minister Ravi till September, to every State MODI FRENZY GRIPS Art of swachh: An installation of brooms has been sponsored by a local business group in Surat to promote Prime Minister CLASSIFIEDS Ī PAGES 4, 5 & 6 Shankar Prasad said Mr. of the country and interact BHUBANESWAR Ī PAGE 10 Narendra Modi’s Swachh Bharat Mission. Mr. Modi will arrive in the city on Sunday as part of a two-day visit to Gujarat. * PTI CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Jet union to boycott expat pilots AAP: Timing Three new balsams add to of charges is Issues ultimatum to management to release all foreign pilots from duty suspicious Lalatendu Mishra counterparts besides enjoy- Nilgiris biodiversity colours Mumbai ing other privileges. Jet Air- Soumya Pillai In its war against expatriate ways employs over 1,400 pi- New Delhi Dentist with passion for plants makes botanical discovery pilots, the National Aviator’s lots. Deputy Chief Minister Guild (NAG), the trade union Most of the expatriates are Manish Sisodia on Saturday Rohan Premkumar taihmushkulni is named of Jet Airways pilots, has is- commanders. Those flying said the timing of the Shun- UDHAGAMANDALAM after the Toda deity hill, sued an ultimatum to the air- Boeing 777 aircraft draw a glu Committee report, the Three new species of plants ‘Taihmushkuln’. Like the line’s management to imme- tax-free, take home salary of advertisement bill incurred belonging to the halls of Valhalla in Norse diately release all foreign ₹8 -9 lakh per month com- by the government and the Balsaminaceae family were mythology, the Todas pilots from duty ‘keeping the pared to around ₹6 lakh paid notice to vacate the party identified in the Mukurthi believe that their god safety of passengers in to Indian commanders. office was a well planned National Park in the Nilgiris ‘Aihhn’ resides and rules the mind.’ Unless the issue is re- strategy by opposition recently. Toda afterworld from the solved immediately, the NAG parties to weaken the Aam The three, named hill. Directive to trainers Strong headwinds: The NAG has also asked pilot trainers not decision is expected to im- Aadmi Party before the Impatiens kawttyana, Impatiens nilgirica variant The NAG, which has a mem- to conduct training or checking of any expat pilot. * REUTERS pact Jet Airways flight opera- municipal elections. Impatiens taihmushkulni and nawttyana, differs slightly bership of 991 Jet Airways pi- tions from next month. Interacting with the edit- Impatiens nilgirica, found by from a previously identified lots, has also issued a direct- Besides, co-pilot mem- ful strike which grounded Several recent incidents orial staff of The Hindu, Mr Tarun Chhabra and species, with the newly ive to all pilot trainers not to bers have been directed not the airline’s entire fleet for involving expat pilots have Sisodia said because of the Ramneek Singh a few years found variety having “longer conduct training or checking to fly with expats from May 1, five days, is up in arms given ammunition to NAG to kind of politics they prac- ago, were formally classified scape (part of a stalk bearing of any expat pilot working in 2017.
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