Indian hackers are reportedly in their elements: they have penetrated the Pakistan government network, locking their computers and data. Facing the large-scale cyber attack from India, the Pakistani techies are reportedly down on their knees – they have even offered to pay the Indian hackers with Bitcoins so that their systems can be unlocked. However, patriotic Indian hackers have reportedly rejected the offer and kept the Pakistani sites under their control. The Indian attack came in the wake of Pakistani hackers defacing Indian sites and circulating videos that say India’s recent surgical strike in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) was fake.
The malicious Pakistani propaganda and cyber attack angered the Indian hackers so much that they deployed the Ransomware to lock the network in the neighbouring country. One of the Indian hackers has been identified by the Indian cyber experts, who claim that this ‘anonymous’ hacker is a member of “Telangana Cyber Warriors”.
It is reported that the hacker was among those who infected Pakistan government systems and have taken control over hundreds of computers. Experts say Indian hackers attacked the Pakistani network after thousands of Indian websites were hacked by Pakistani techies.
To counter the offensive, Indian hackers locked Pakistan government computers.
A black hat hacker says “To unlock their data, techies from Pakistan also paid in Bitcoins but ‘patriotic’ Indians refused to give away the decrypt key to unlock the data. Pakistani officials have been asked to pay the amount again to unlock.”
Sources said that Indian hackers are ready to launch a massive cyber attack which can destroy the cyber space of Pakistan. However, they have warned that Pakistani hackers will also retaliate. Indian agencies are now on an alert to ensure that there is no data loss in the ongoing cyber war.
Experts believe that intelligence gathering has increased as the hackers allegedly are not only defacing the sites, but silently spying into critical networks. According to reports, a group of Pakistani hackers – the Pakistan Haxors Crew – has claimed that it had defaced 7,051 Indian websites after India launched surgical strike in PoK.
