Procedure for filing Cyber Crime case
M.S.Chandra Shekar
(Querist) 12 January 2010
This query is : Resolved
I have a long standing civil disputes with my relatives. There are many civil suits pending in civil courts. Since I am not in talking terms with them, one of them has taken help of some hacker and has hacked into my email account to find out the steps taken by me regarding this civil dispute. I use my email account regularly to get in touch with legal experts on this website and proceed acccordingly.
More than twice my email provider has notified me that my password was reset and given the email id of my relative.
In my opinion this was done and is evident that they want to influence the outcome of
cases in the court in some way or other
Now my question is what evidence I need to collect and what is the procedure for filing a cyber crime case.
Please advise.
Thanks
Shekar
A V Vishal
(Expert) 12 January 2010
If you are a victim of hacking get the following information to lodge complaint with the cyber cell of the police:
Server Logs
Copy of defaced web page in soft copy as well as hard copy format, if your website is defaced
If data is compromised on your server or computer or any other network equipment, soft copy of original data and soft copy of compromised data.
Access control mechanism details i.e.- who had what kind of the access to the compromised system
List of suspects if the victim is having any suspicion on anyone.
All relvant information leading to the answers to following questions
what ? (what is compromised)
who? (who might have compromised system)
when?(when the systme was compromised)
why?(why the system might have been compromised)
where?(where is the impact of attack-identifying the target system from the network)
How many?(How many systems have been compromised by the attack)
B K Raghavendra Rao
(Expert) 13 January 2010
You have to file a criminal complaint, containing all the details you have and the documents whatever you have, with the the local police who will register an FIR and then it becomes a criminal case in the court of the Magistrate. Information Technology Act is applicable in this case.
If you are in Bangalore, contact Poornaprajna Cyber Quest, Cyber Crime Investigators who will advise you in the matter.
