Anonymous hackers on Sunday defaced the official website of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee, a unit of the Indian National Congress, according to The Hindu. Renjith Balan, IT adviser of the party, said he discovered the defacement at 7 p.m. The hackers posted several messages on the website, saying they were acting on the behalf [...]
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India’s Gov’t Websites Still Exploitable Despite Successful Cyber Attacks
December 15, 2010 No CommentCyber crime experts in India are warning about the security flaws of many government websites, claiming the recent cyber attacks by Pakistani hackers have spurred little action in terms of enhanced cybersecurity. “Websites like that of Income Tax of India has loopholes and it can be hacked easily,” cyber crime expert Sunny Vaghela told MiD-DAY.com. [...]
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A group of Pakistani hackers calling itself the Pakistan Cyber Army has begun attacking the websites of the Indian Cyber Army attack after ICA shut down nearly 40 Pakistani government websites. According to The Express Tribune, the two hacker collectives have been engaged in a cyber war, attacking each other’s and government-owned websites. Some of [...]
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Nearly 40 Pakistani government websites were cyber attacked Tuesday by a group of hackers calling itself the “Indian Cyber Army,” The Express Tribune reports. The websites were hosted on a single server, which allowed the hackers to take over multiple sites simultaneously, according to an email sent by the hackers. The hackers defaced several of [...]
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Pakistan currently has no law to combat cyber terrorism as the Prevention of Electronic Crime Ordinance introduced in February 2009 is no more functional after completing its constitutional life, according to a senior official at the Pakistani government. The official who serves at the Federal Law Enforcement Agency said the Ministry of Interior repeatedly drew [...]
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India Could Face Onslaught of Pakistani Hackers, Say Intelligence Officials
August 30, 2010 3 CommentsAlready reeling from repeated cyber attacks by sophisticated Chinese cyber criminals, sensitive Indian departments could be up against a blitz of Pakistani hackers. According to Times of India, the Indian government has cautioned defense services, financial institutions, Internet service providers and private-sector businesses of possible cyber attack by Pakistani hacker groups. Intelligence agencies recently issued [...]
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Authorities in Pakistan disclosed the arrests of 5 hackers yesterday in the break-up of a gang of cyber criminals involved in fraud and defacing websites. The operation took place over several weeks according to the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA). Computers and other equipment linked to cyber crime were taken from the scene, according to the [...]
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Several websites in Pakistan were hacked last week, including the website of the Pakistani National Response Center for Cyber Crimes. The hacker was able to access a database of email addresses on one of the websites, according to an article on SCMagazineUK.com. According a forum posting, the hacker claimed to have accessed the database while [...]
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