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Home / News / India News / Didn't get Harvard offer, fell for phishing: Journalist Nidhi Razdan
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    Didn't get Harvard offer, fell for phishing: Journalist Nidhi Razdan

    Shalini Ojha
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    Shalini Ojha
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    Last updated on Jan 15, 2021, 08:38 pm
    Didn't get Harvard offer, fell for phishing: Journalist Nidhi Razdan
  • Well-known journalist Nidhi Razdan claimed on Friday that she fell victim to a sophisticated cyber-attack that made her believe that she has been offered a job by Harvard University.

    Razdan ended her association with news channel NDTV for this purported stint last year.

    She said she has written to various organizations and is hoping that police catch the perpetrators.

    Here's what happened.

  • In this article
    What is phishing? She left NDTV after over two decades for new job After dismissing peculiarities for long, she spoke with Harvard's administration I didn't get an offer from Harvard: Razdan She filed a police complaint, informed Harvard as well The complete post can be read here
  • Definition

    What is phishing?

    What is phishing?
  • A dangerous form of cyber attack, phishing often times deploys emails as a weapon. Perpetrators trick the victim into believing that the message is important and they click a malicious link.

    This can lead to sensitive information, including details of banks, social media accounts, etc., landing in the wrong hands.

    Put simply, it is a way to trick the unsuspecting users.

  • Series of events

    She left NDTV after over two decades for new job

    She left NDTV after over two decades for new job
  • Taking to her Twitter account today afternoon, Razdan revealed something similar happened to her.

    In June 2020, Razdan left NDTV after 21 years for her new stint, believing that she indeed would be an Associate Professor at the established university soon.

    The job was supposed to start in September but was pushed to January 2021, in view of the coronavirus pandemic.

  • Series of events

    After dismissing peculiarities for long, she spoke with Harvard's administration

    After dismissing peculiarities for long, she spoke with Harvard's administration
  • Initially, said the journalist, she didn't pay heed to the "administrative anomalies as being the new reflective of the new normal being dictated by the pandemic." However, the "disquieting nature" of the recent representations concerned her.

    Thereafter, she spoke to Harvard's senior authorities.

    "Upon their request, I shared some of the correspondence that I believed I have received from the [Harvard] University," she wrote.

  • Statement

    I didn't get an offer from Harvard: Razdan

  • After speaking with authorities, she learned of the hoax.

    "I did not, in fact, receive an offer by Harvard University to join their faculty as an Associate Professor of Journalism. The perpetrators of this attack used clever forgeries and misrepresentations to obtain access to my personal data and communications and may have also gained access to my devices and my email/social media accounts," she wrote.

  • Information

    She filed a police complaint, informed Harvard as well

  • She has filed a police complaint and furnished all relevant documents. "I have requested them to take immediate steps to identify, apprehend and prosecute the perpetrators of this abominable attack," she wrote, adding that she also informed Harvard about it while urging them to take it seriously.

  • Twitter Post

    The complete post can be read here

  • I have been the victim of a very serious phishing attack. I’m putting this statement out to set the record straight about what I’ve been through. I will not be addressing this issue any further on social media. pic.twitter.com/bttnnlLjuh

    — Nidhi Razdan (@Nidhi) January 15, 2021
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