Chennai, Nov. 4 -- In a major security breach, the bank account of Puducherry Government Dental College was hacked by cryber crime fraudsters and three months' salary of staff, amounting to Rs 8.5 crore was siphoned off on Wednesday.

Sources told UNI that the the Puducherry Cyber Crime wing of the police has registered a case and are investigating after a formal complaint was lodged.

The bank account of Mahatma Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Dental Sciences (MGPGI), a the premier government dental college in Puducherry, was hacked and Rs 8.5 crore deposited as part of threee months' salary of its staff was stolen online by phising.

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