Decoding Naresh Gujral’s Rs 7.68cr ‘whaling’ scam that ‘exploits’ WhatsApp

Former Rajya Sabha member Naresh Gujral, the son of former Prime Minister I.K. Gujral, was defrauded of Rs 7.68 crore in a case of cyber scam, reported the Delhi police. The cybercriminals targeted Gujral’s South Delhi-based apparel manufacturing firm by executing a high-profile ‘whaling’ attack, which involved WhatsApp as the platform. The police say that fraudsters mimicked Gujral’s identity on WhatsApp using his profile picture and exploited a false sense of executive urgency, bypassing the company’s standard financial verification protocols.