Indian group hacks 35 Pak websites on 26/11 anniversary
02 Dec 2010
At least 35 Pakistan government websites were hacked on Tuesday by a group calling itself the "Indian Cyber Army". The Pakistan government took action to secure the hacked websites and most of them were restored the same afternoon, an official spokesman said.
A number of websites of critical importance were targeted during the onslaught. The sites that were defaced include that of the official website of the Pakistan government, ministry of foreign affairs, the Pakistan navy, ministry of science and technology, the official portal of auditor general of Pakistan, and the National Accountability Bureau (NAB).
A message posted by the hackers - who claimed to have gained access to the server hosting the government websites - read: "Hacked by Indian Cyber Army".
It was accompanied by a photograph of US soldiers raising a flag on the Japanese island of Iwo Jima during World War II but the American flag was digitally transformed into the Indian national flag.
The Indian Cyber Army (ICA) is apparently 'powered by indishell.in'.
It carried out a mass defacement operation on key Pakistani websites to pay "homage to the martyrs of the terror attacks".
The attacks started on the anniversary of the terrorist strikes and each success was celebrated by posting Indian patriotic message and pictures of Indian martyrs on the website.
According to one of the members of the community, the hacking attacks were carried out to send across a message to the perpetrators of the strikes on Mumbai. "We are not seeking any monetary benefits out of it. This particular attack was done to convey a message to the Pakistani citizens that Indians won't be sitting ducks. And 26/11 was the ideal time for conveying this message when our brave soldiers laid down their lives for their country," he said.
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