February 16, 2009

Techie finds Rs 55 crore in his account

What would you do if you suddenly found an obscene amount reflecting in your bank account?

Jayesh Agarwal (30), an entrepreneur techie from Pune, rubbed his eyes in disbelief and pinched himself to check if it was for real when he saw a whopping Rs 55 crore reflecting in his ICICI Bank savings account.
Nearly 20 transaction details of another person were reflected in Jayesh's account, due to a breach of security.
However, when he checked two hours later, the transactions had disappeared.

Jayesh said he did not know how to react when he saw the amount in his account. He was shocked to know that someone else managed to breach into his account using his ID and password.
"I wanted to bring this issue before the bank so that there is no compromise on security issues for online transactions. What if I had transferred the money from that account to another account? It would have been a big scam. But, I alerted the bank because I am an honest person."

Why didn't this happen to me :(

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