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Pak Foreign Ministry Website Hacked; Attempts on to Thwart Hackers

Sources told Pakistan-based newspaper Dawn that the cyber attack was believed to be originating from India.

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The official website of Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs was reportedly hacked on Saturday, 16 February.

According to a report in Pakistan-based newspaper Dawn, spokesperson Mohammad Faisal said complaints had been received from various countries that said that the website was inaccessible there. He was quoted by Dawn as saying: “The IT team is currently occupied in thwarting the hackers’ onslaught.” Sources told the paper that the cyber attack was believed to be originating from India.

According to the Dawn report, Faisal also mentioned that the website was functioning without any glitches in Pakistan.

Users from Australia, Saudi Arabia, the UK and the Netherlands reported facing issues.

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The hacking of the website comes just days after a ghastly terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district. On Thursday, 40 CRPF personnel were killed by a suicide bomber who attacked a convoy in a vehicle laden with explosives.

The convoy consisted of 78 buses, in which around 2,500 personnel were travelling from Jammu to Srinagar.

(With inputs from ANI)

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