New Delhi: An online video has gone viral asserting that the FASTag system, which uses scanners at toll booths and a special sticker on autos, is vulnerable. According to a video that is spread on WhatsApp, Twitter, and Facebook, some street kids are allegedly utilising a smartwatch with an integrated scanner that can read the FASTag stickers on cars. As a result, funds will be taken out of the FASTag account, which is connected to customers’ banks or e-wallets like Paytm. The assertions made in the video are false, and Paytm has also posted a response to its social media accounts.
Two men are seen in the video talking with a little child who requests to wash their car. The young boy rapidly wipes the windshield, which is marked with a FASTag label, but he refuses to accept payment. One of the men begins pursuing the child once he discovers that he did not take any payment for the cleaning and that he is wearing a smartwatch. The individual who stayed in the car is now giving viewers an account of what happened because the chase was fruitless. Read More: Bank Holidays July 2022: Banks to remain shut for 17 days; Full list here
@FASTag_NETC there is a video currently in circulation on scams involving scanning of fast tag and siphoning payments, is this true can you confirm? #cybersecurityawareness #cybersecurity pic.twitter.com/1L1uEDasT3
— Venkat Madala (@venky4a) June 18, 2022
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