Incidents in country:
3 incidents catalogued
Attackers compromised the data centre of Pakistan's Federal Board of Revenue by exploiting a pirated copy of Microsoft Hyper-V, taking down all tax-authority websites and putting network access for 360 virtual machines up for sale on a Russian dark-web forum.
NetWalker ransomware crippled the billing and online systems of Karachi's sole electricity supplier and demanded a $3.85 million ransom that would double to $7.7 million; when K-Electric refused, the gang dumped an 8.5 GB archive of stolen data online.
Fraudulent withdrawals at BankIslami triggered Pakistan's largest banking-sector breach, with details of more than 19,000 payment cards from 22 banks dumped for sale on the Joker's Stash carding forum and cashed out via ATMs and POS terminals abroad.