ISLAMABAD: Indian hackers hacked various websites of Pakistani ministries on Monday and defaced them by putting up the Indian flag as well as pictures of the Indian Army.
On Pakistan’s 71st Independence Day, the websites of several government ministries were hacked by Indians.
The websites of the ministries of Law and Justice, Religious Affairs and Water and Power were hacked.
Websites of the ministries of Defence Production, Defence and Establishment Division were also hacked.
Hackers also attacked the websites of Climate Change, Inter Provincial Coordination and Cabinet Division.
Websites of National Food Security and Information Technology were also hacked.
It is yet not clear if mail servers and other back-end data, that may contain crucial information, is also hacked or not.
Experts say that it is very unlikely that email data of these ministries is hacked as a lot of Pakistani government offices use third-party cloud email solutions.
For those who don’t know, Pakistani and Indian hackers are usually found active during Independence Day to celebrate their respective national days by hacking cross-border websites.
If responded by Pakistani hackers— which is very likely—this may go out of hands and hundreds or even thousands of websites from both sides of the border may end up in hands of hackers.
