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The investigating agency on Monday scored a huge success in the case of threatening phone calls received by Air India over the past few days. Social media companies have shared details about threatening accounts with the government. In this case, the ministry has issued a stern warning to social media companies and sought information about threatening accounts. The companies have since provided full details to the ministry.
The central ministry is reviewing all data on social media. The central government on Saturday issued a warning on the matter, saying that under the Indian Civil Defense Act, 2023, besides removing or banning misinformation about aircraft explosions, social media platforms have a responsibility to ensure that they make it mandatory to file complaints against any user of the platform who commits an offense. Any criminal act threatening the unity, integrity, sovereignty or security of India.
Suspicious use of darknet
Investigative agencies suspect that the dark web is being used to create threats. The investigation so far shows that the social media accounts used to make the threats were operated from abroad. Investigators traced the IP addresses of these accounts and found that they were operated from London and France.
Facebook and X are used the most to threaten airlines. Investigations revealed that masks and VPNs were used when making threats. Fake email IDs have been used to create X and Facebook accounts.
Received over 300 threats in 13 days
There have been more than 300 threats that airlines will be bombed in the past 13 days. All threat calls are made via social media, making them difficult to trace. Due to these threats, both airlines and passengers are facing problems.
