Hacker's paradise: Bollywood celebs who have fallen prey to cyber crime

In todays digital age where technology has become an indispensable part of our lives its pitfalls are inescapable too Instances where email accounts are hacked into are commonplace now ditto for fake MMSes doing the roundsBollywood celebs are not immune to hackersrsquo tricks either A recent instance would be that of Bollywood designer Ana Singh whose email account was hacked into on Tuesday The hacker apparently sent out mails requesting people on her contact list to send her 1300 eurosThe distraught designer then posted a statement on a social networking site where she clarified that her gmail account was hacked into My account is hacked ignore all mails her post read She has now filed a police complaintAna is among scores of Btown celebs who have been unwitting victims of cyber crime While some hackers sent mails from celeb accounts pleading for financial help others have sent out calls for fake auditions Interestingly many cases have not yet been solvedWhen contacted a senior police official from the cyber cell said We have solved a lot of cyber crime cases plaguing the film and television industry For example the person who hacked into Sayal Bhagatrsquos email account was arrested in Delhi Similarly Javed Akhtar filed a complaint about receiving nasty mails from an unidentified person and his case was also solved Often celebs are averse to filing complaints they should make an official complaint and we will make sure that their cases are solvedhitlist takes a look at celebs who have fallen prey to cyber crime in recent timesMona SinghYear of crime 2013Status Not solvedTelevision actress Mona Singh who has starred in many TV shows and films was also a victim of cyber crime last year An MMS clip allegedly featuring her went viral overnight The clip apparently showed Mona walking around the house without her clothes on The actress then issued a statement that it wasnrsquot her in the video and that her face had been morphed She filed a complaint but the culprits hashave not been found yetRanveer SinghYear of crime 2013 Status Not solved The Ramleela actor too fell victim to an online hoax last year He was not even aware of it till his friends called him up and informed him about how emails sent from his account asked them to send him images of bikiniclad models and actors Following this incident Ranveer Singh filed a complaint at the cyber cell and the case is yet to be solvedSiddharth Roy KapurYear of crime 2013Status Not solved Siddharth Roy Kapur Managing Director Disney UTV was also under attack by hackers who sent out emails from his account asking people to send him scantily clad images of aspiring actresses and models After this came to light last year Siddharth approached the cyber crime cell but no action has been taken against anyone as of nowEkta KapoorYear of crime 2012Status Not solved TV czarina Ekta Kapoor encountered a similar situation two years ago when hackers bombarded her friendsrsquo inboxes asking money to the tune of R15000 in return for an audition with her production houseShekhar Kapur Year of crime 2013Status Not solved His email account was hacked last year The harrowed filmmaker then warned his friends to not open emails sent from his accountArbaaz KhanYear of crime 2011Status Not solved Producer Arbaaz Khanrsquos email account was hacked twice in the same week He filed a complaint with the cyber crime cell but no arrests have been madeSayali BhagatYear of crime 2011 Status SolvedSayali Bhagat faced a tough time when it emerged that someone had hacked into her twitter account and openly accused industry stalwarts of promising her roles in return for sexual favours After the actress filed a complaint the police zeroed in on Sayalirsquos PR manager and he was then arrestedMukesh ChhabraYear of crime 2013Status Not solvedLeading casting director Mukesh Chhabrarsquos account was hacked recently and the hacker sent out emails to well known actors asking them to audition for his latest film Chhabra filed a complaint with the cyber cell but no action has been taken so farWith inputs from Bharati Dubey