Other Research Assessment

Country
Pakistan

Source
Cybercrime report

Title
36 Government websites hacked (Dec 10)

About
Some of the sites were rendered inaccessible over the course of the day, while each site hosted a page inserted by the hackers, which displayed a message – along with audio playback – that outlined that the online hack was a form of ‘hacktivism’ in retaliation to the Mumbai attacks.Websites of Pakistan Navy, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), the ministries of foreign affairs, education and finance, as well as NADRA and the Council of Islamic Ideology were among some of the key websites hacked.

Key findings
All 36 government websites were hosted on a single server which allowed the hackers to take over multiple sites simultaneously, stated an e-mail message sent out by the hackers to Pakistani websites.

Website
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/tribune.com.pk/story/84269/cyber-warfare-indian-hackers-take-down-36-govt-websites/%3famp=1