Pakistan hackers target armed forces' sites

NEW DELHI: There has been an increase in cyberattacks emanating from Pakistan, as ceasefire violations by small arms fire continue along the Line of Control (LoC) for the last six days following the Pahalgam terror attack.

Pakistan-based cyber actors have tried to deface pages and harvest personal information from a few welfare and educational websites of the armed forces, which are publicly accessible, but prompt restorative action was taken to isolate and thwart the attempts.

This came after Pakistan-based hackers, operating under the moniker " IOK Hacker - Internet of Khilafah", sought to deface pages, disrupt on-line services and harvest personal information from websites and portals run by the Army Welfare Housing Organisation, IAF Placement Organisation, Army Public Schools at Srinagar and Ranikhet. "India's cyber-security architecture detected the intrusions in real time and quickly traced their origin to Pakistan. All the websites under attack were promptly isolated and restorative action was undertaken. No operational or classified networks were affected," he said.