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Published 19:18 IST, October 5th 2020

Pooja Bedi's e-commerce website hacked; receives ransom demands

Pooja Bedi said her e-commerce website registered in Goa had been hacked by some people who threatened to sell drugs on the site if she did not pay ransom

Reported by: Chetna Kapoor
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Film actor Pooja Bedi on Monday said her e-commerce website registered in Goa had been hacked by some people who threatened to sell drugs on the site if she did not pay them ransom. In a series of tweets, Bedi said she had filed a complaint with Goa police's Cyber Crime Cell last week after an earlier hacking incident but the modus operandi was repeated late Sunday night.

"Dear @DGP_Goa my ecommerce website happysoul.in HACKED AGAIN last night and this time they state if I dont pay ransom they will sell DRUGS on my website. I have registered FIR in old goa police cyber cell last week but no action from cops. My company regd in Goa @goacm."

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Superintendent of Police (Crime) Shobhit Saxena said the hacking incident of last week was solved and a fresh probe had begun after Bedi filed a new complaint. 

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(with PTI inputs)

19:18 IST, October 5th 2020