Breaches and incidents

Enviro Infra Engineers (India): employee manipulated by impersonators, Rs 11.15 crore transferred out

The water-infrastructure company said fraudsters impersonating someone manipulated an employee into transferring Rs 11.15 crore to unidentified accounts...

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What happened

  • The water-infrastructure company said fraudsters impersonating someone manipulated an employee into transferring Rs 11.15 crore to unidentified accounts between 27 Jun 2025 and detection on the night of 1 Jul 2025.
  • Root cause: impersonation-led social engineering of an employee.
  • Attacker: unidentified.
  • Response: Cyber Crime Portal report and local cyber police informed; the Chairman and MD said they would forgo salaries until the loss is compensated.