Hackers blackmail Deepti Naval using internet browsing history, actress files complaint

Bollywood actress Deepti Naval has filed a complaint with police after the ‘Chashme Badoor’ actress received a malware scam email which threatened to publicize her internet browsing history. The hackers demanded $5,600 in bitcoin which is nearly 0.74 bitcoin or Rs 3.9 lakh from her, a report in a leading daily said. The ‘Ankahee’ actress was asked to arrange the money within 24 hours. Deepti approached the police on Wednesday when she received a mail which contained her email’s username and password, the report added. The person who sent the mail claimed to have had videos of her browsing certain sites. “I do not want to talk anything about it... The cops told me that the mail that I have received is a trash mail and asked me to ignore it,” Naval told Times Of India. Police officials are talking the help of cyber crime cell to track down the server from where the mail was sent to the actress. Cyber crime expert and investigator Ritesh Bhatia told TOI that he had received a similar mail demanding $3,000 in bitcoin. “I ignored the mail as I know it is fake. In the past two weeks, I have received over 20 calls from victims, but no one wants to approach the cops... Scammers don’t have any video or pictures of you... Just because they have emailed you your correct username and password, does not mean they have compromised your device,” Bhatia was quoted as saying by the leading daily. Watch this space for more updates!