India and Pakistan hack it out online

By

India and Pakistan have taken to hacking away at each other, with cyber hooligans from both countries using their tech skills to deface their rival nation’s websites.


India and Pakistan have taken to hacking away at each other, with hackers from both countries using their tech skills to deface their rival nation’s websites.

Taking control of an Indian government school website, a group of Indian hackers retaliated against a previous Pakistani hack on the same site, by announcing the site was now under their control and that the website owners should look into getting it fixed and made more secure.

It isn’t the first time the two countries have clashed online, with rival groups taking their political feuds to online communities, discussion groups, social not-working sites and anywhere else they can plaster their message.

Since the middle of November, several sites have been defaced by hackers on both sides of the border, according to the Indian news agency Press Trust of India. µ


L'Inq

PCWorld
Got a news tip for our journalists? Share it with us anonymously here.
theinquirer.net (c) 2010 Incisive Media
Tags:

Most Read Articles

Phishing attack nets enormous npm supply chain compromise

Phishing attack nets enormous npm supply chain compromise

VicRoads to phase out passwords in favour of passkeys

VicRoads to phase out passwords in favour of passkeys

Service NSW centralises security, networking in mammoth CloudOps overhaul

Service NSW centralises security, networking in mammoth CloudOps overhaul

Apple adds "mercenary spyware" protection to new A19 chip

Apple adds "mercenary spyware" protection to new A19 chip

Log In

  |  Forgot your password?