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Company claims Rs 50-cr loss. The executive claimed that majority of the hacked emails were of "extremely sensitive" nature and "of substantial financial value", owing to the fact that most of the company's solutions are customised for the agencies served.

The executive claimed that majority of the hacked emails were of "extremely sensitive" nature and "of substantial financial value", owing to the fact that most of the company's solutions are customised for the agencies served.

Critical and classified data of a Noida-based private company, providing technology solutions to the country's defence forces, has been allegedly hacked, leading to theft of confidential information, police said on Monday. The company, ELCOM Innovations, claimed that the cyber attack has caused it an estimated loss of Rs 50 crore.

An FIR has been lodged in connection with the case at the Sector 39 police station, while an investigation has been launched by the Cyber Cell, a police official said.

"It is, hereby, informed that on account of the hacking of my emails along with the emails of other members of my department, the company has incurred heavy financial losses and irreparable damage to its reputation," a senior executive of the firm alleged in the FIR lodged on Saturday.