According to allegations, a group of hackers stole and deleted data from educational institutes run by the KN Modi Foundation in Uttar Pradesh and demanded cryptocurrency worth USD 1 million to remedy the issue. According to the foundation’s secretary, Sandeep Kumar Yadav, cybercriminals broke into the foundation’s computer systems between midnight and one in the morning on August 29 and “stole the personal data of kids, parents, and employees, along with all bank details and private e-files.”
According to SP (Rural) Iraj Raja, Sandeep Kumar Yadav, speaking on behalf of the foundation, reported a crime to the police. He claimed in his police report that the hackers had taken all student and staff data from the institute’s computers and deleted it.
Police have filed an FIR against two unidentified people by Section 507 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) (criminal intimidation by anonymous communication) and the relevant portions of the IT Act.
The Dr. K. N. Modi Foundation was founded to advance Indian ideals, offering top-notch education, and engaging in philanthropic activity. In addition to creating professional and technical institutions, the Dr. K. N. Modi Foundation also created schools and even took the rare but progressive step of founding a Sanskrit Vidyapeeth that awards degrees of Acharya and Shastri and bases its instruction on Gurukul Methodology.
