Indian techie jailed in Singapore for hacking ex-employer’s server

A Singapore court has sentenced an Indian national to two years and six months in jail for hacking into the server of an IT major, from where he was fired earlier, reported Moneycontrol.

Kandula Nagaraju, 39, was found guilty of carrying out the cyberattack, which led to the deletion of 180 virtual servers of NCS — a prominent information communication and technology services provider. The attack caused his former employer nearly SGD 918,000 (Rs 5.66 crore) in damages.