India's Software and IT major Wipro has filed a complaint with the Bengaluru Police after they received an anonymous email yesterday over extortion.

The IT major claimed that they got an email from an unidentified source who demanded Rs 500-crore ransom in virtual currency bitcoin. If the amount is not paid, there would be an attack on their offices, by spreading a toxic protein drug. The email also mentioned a specific portal where the currency needed to be deposited. The money was asked to be deposited in 29 days from the day the email was sent.

A news agency quoted the company as saying, “We have filed a complaint with the local law enforcement authorities after receiving a threatening letter from an unidentified source.”

Wipro has augmented security measures at all its office locations. There is no impact on the company’s operations. “We have no further comments as the investigation is ongoing,” the IT major said in a statement.

Cyber crime investigation cell of Bengaluru police has registered the complaint and informed the media that Wipro’s Sarjapura office received the email on Friday morning. The sender has also threatened to contaminate a Wipro campus with toxic protein drug if the payment is not completed. The Bengaluru Additional Commissioner (crime) S Ravi too confirmed that the IT giant had filed a complaint.

The email was sent from the id : This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. The sender of the email had threatened to use ricin, which is known to have fatal error facts if ingested, inhaled or injected. In the vicious email, the sender mentioned that he had isolated 1 kg of high-quality ricin and would be sending 2 grams in envelopes to one of the Wipro’s offices in the city in the coming days to assure that the threat is not a fake.

An FIR under Section 66 F of the IT Act has been registered at the cyber crime police station.

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