ISLAMABAD – The personal data of nearly 300,000 people who applied for Hajj has been leaked to the dark web, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) chairman revealed on Friday. Major General (R) Hafeez ur Rehman made the disclosure during a Senate IT Committee meeting, chaired by Senator Palwasha Khan. The PTA chief said the data […]
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Hackers leak Australian health records on dark web
Hackers have followed through on a threat to leak sensitive medical records stolen from a major Australian health company that counts the country’s prime minister among nearly 10 million customers. Medibank told investors that a “sample” selection of customer data was posted on a “dark web forum” on Wednesday after it refused to pay a […]
Police arrest 150 people globally in dark web sting: Europol
Police around the world arrested 150 suspects involved in buying or selling illegal goods online in one of the largest-ever stings targeting the dark web, Europol said Tuesday. Operation DarkHunTOR also recovered millions of euros in cash and bitcoin, as well as drugs and guns. The bust stems from a German-led police sting earlier this […]
Senator declares FIA’s progress on dark web cases ‘unsatisfactory’
Senator Rubina Khalid, on Monday, said that Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Cyber Crime Wing only employed 15 investigators. She said this while chairing a session of Senate Standing Committee on Information Technology and Telecommunication here in Islamabad. The senator also added that the FIA cybercrime cell comprised of 114 persons, whereas, only 15 cyber investigators […]
So what are deep web, dark web and all sorts of webs you heard from Shahid Masood?
Recent claims by prominent conspiracy theorist anchorperson Dr Shahid Masood have sparked a massive interest among Pakistanis for the buzzwords like ‘deep web’, ‘dark web’, ‘dark room’, ‘red room’, cryptocurrency and whatnot. This is evident from the spike in search trends for the said terms. The disgraced anchorperson had claimed – but failed to produce […]