Hyderabad: Supermarket loses Rs 2.7 crore in CEO impersonation scam
HYDERABAD: A supermarket allegedly lost 2.7 crore after fraudsters used a malicious ZIP file to compromise its accountant’s phone and impersonated the company’s CEO on WhatsApp to induce money transfers.
Hyderabad cyber crime police registered a case after a 36-year-old businessman and partner in the supermarket lodged a complaint, stating that the accountant opened a ZIP file received on WhatsApp from a company employee’s number.
