50 hacking cases in one month post-demonetisation

Following the November 8 demonetisation, cyber security solutions provider TAC Security received more than 50 hacking incidents in a month's time, the company revealed on Tuesday. The incidents included ransomware, financial frauds and website hacking in various Indian enterprises. TAC Security's specially designed service -- Cyber Emergency Response Team (TAC-CERT) -- received hacking complaints that included seven distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, 12 E-mail hacks, 24 ransomware attacks, four financial frauds through email and six website hackings across verticals such as export companies, pharmaceutical companies, IT companies, manufacturers of electrical parts and a hospital.