LONDON (MEDIA REPORT ) British telecom TalkTalk said it has received a ransom demand following a “significant and sustained cyberattack” that put the data of four million customers at risk. “We were contacted by someone claiming to be responsible, and seeking payment,” the company said. TalkTalk is one of Britain’sRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA ) An official of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) surprised members of the parliamentary committee on electoral reform when he told them that electronic voting machines (EVMs) were just as prone to fraud — if not more so — as traditional polling methods. ECP’s DirectorRead More →
WASHINGTON (MEDIA ) The White House’s unclassified computer network was recently breached by intruders, a US official said on Tuesday, with The Washington Post newspaper reporting that the Russian government was thought to be behind the act. “In the course of assessing recent threats, we identified activity of concern onRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) Indian and Pakistani army forces continued to exchange fire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, which was started when Pakistan’s military fired machine guns and mortars at about 60 Indian army posts during last week. Tensions between the two countries haveRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA ) After a week long campaign against government websites, having hacked and defaced over two dozen state sites and sub-domains, hackers shifted their cyber-front against the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). On Sunday, PTI’s website fundyourtsunami.com was hacked and defaced. PTI chairperson Imran Khan’s face was defaced resembling that of a vampire withRead More →
WASHINGTON ( MEDIA ) After the allegations that the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) not only conducted mass surveillance on German citizens, but also spied on German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s own personal mobile phone for years, surveillance has become a big issue for Germany. So big, that Germany itself startedRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA ) Hackers – who are likely to be from Pakistan – went on and decided to protest company’s decision by hacking PTCL’s official website. They registered their protest about PTCL’s EVO tariff and download-limit revision and explicitly said that reason behind the hack is revision of company’sRead More →