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Ministry of Foreign Affairs website hacked, inaccesible in several countries
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs website was attacked by hackers on Saturday, officials from the ministry said.
According to the spokesperson, Dr Mohammad Faisal, complaints were received by the ministry from various countries reporting that the website was inaccessible there.
"The IT team is currently occupied in thwarting the hackers' onslaught," he said.
The spokesperson added that the website is functioning without any issues in Pakistan. However, visitors to the website from Holland, Australia, Britain, and Saudi Arabia are facing difficulty opening it.
The attacks are believed to be of Indian origin, sources within the ministry told DawnNewsTV.
Cross-border hacking attacks have been sporadic yet common since at least 1998.
A team of Indian hackers had defaced the official website of PPP in June 2017. That same year, in December, the official website of Karachi police was hacked and defaced, allegedly by Indian hackers.
Hackers claiming to be from Pakistan defaced websites of seven Indian embassies, high commissions, and consulates in various countries with pro-Pakistan Army slogans in July 2016.
Prior to that, in 2015, Pakistani hackers attacked the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Raipur's website.
A year earlier, in 2014, the Lahore High Court's website was attacked and defaced by Indian hackers.
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Get on to curb these cyber attacks before a VVIP visit. R U Sure the attackers are Indians? If yes, show the proof to Modi.
Indian cyber terrorism
How do you know the hackers are of Indian origin and not Iranians or Mossad ?. Any proofs, evidence ?.
@Iran Baloch, show the proof
@ahmed, very well said. Get proof first (just like how Pakistan record keeps blowing all the time). Get solid proof first..
Indians are frustrated and desparate face saving attempts. A lot of Indians are intelligent people and dont fall in to misinformation and incitement by current government against Pakistan just because there was an attack in Occupied territory. Indians must realize that what did English occupier get when they occupied India They were always under threat and finally had to leave. Even without occupation countries get the terrorists attacks like Pakistan and other countries. Pakistan has the right government this time and about time India has one too. They missed the chance at Musharraf and Vajpayee meeting.
@Zak, awesome. Well said brother!
Hacking masters are mostly from China
People just need to grow up.
Bro, the question rise in my mind, if Ministry of foreign affairs website could be hacked, how strong is our security system. Hacker can hack any website any information.
Chinese?
This is what happens, when you invest too much for defense and peanuts in technology. We should be aware of the day when some one will hack our nuclear assets and change the coordinates to G-6.
The terrorisms have several forms and this is one of them.
this shows a lack of security unconsciousness on the part of those who have the responsibility of providing cyber security, somebody is not doing their job, with most systems whether civilian or military rely upon computer software, a hacker could disable critical systems in a time of heightened tensions among an enemy state, it seems in Pakistan people have a habit of passing the buck.
Hackers in both Pakistan and India are good. Lets get together brothers we are taking difficult part to make others rich, reject any politicians who cause hate in both nations for each other.
Cheap ways as usual
This types of hackers are generally lone wolf.
@Zak, circumstantial evidence point all fingers to India.
Could be a mean spirited inside job...
Gordon D. Walker
Canada