Dear Readers: As we greatly value the trust you place in us, we think it fit to apprise you that over the last three months, the Dawn Media Group has been under cyber attack. Multiple attempts have been made to hack and hijack our official social media accounts and the accounts of our staff.
If such attempts were to succeed, the Dawn Media Group would lose control over what gets published and the hacker(s) would acquire the dreadful power to post false, harmful and dangerous content to give an impression to the reader that the offensive posts emanated from Dawn or with its acquiescence. Hackers and malicious groups attempt to damage reputations and stir up virulent and negative campaigns to serve their agenda, and Dawn has already been a target of such online campaigns in the past.
While we are continuing to fortify our digital security, you may draw some comfort knowing that Dawn would never, under any conceivable circumstance, post or condone the posting of content, either on any website or its social media accounts, that is in violation of the law and our code of ethics, particularly hate speech, and content that is blasphemous, indecent, prohibited, illegal, or likely to arouse societal discord or disturb tranquility.
We hope you will stand with us in the fight against hackers who are bent upon spreading fear, hatred and disin-formation; who through their actions, are attacking our shared commitment to the progress of Pakistan.https://www.dawn.com/
Dawn group seeks readers’ help in fight against hackers
KARACHI: The Dawn Media Group has been under cyber attacks for the past three months and a number of attempts have been made to hack and hijack its official social media accounts and the accounts of its staff, according to a statement issued by Dawn.com editor Jahanzaib Haque on Monday.
The Dawn group was making efforts to “fortify our digital security”, the statement said, but at the same time it expressed its determination to never condone the publication of content on any of its websites or social media accounts that violated the law and the code of ethics.
“Hate speech and content that is blasphemous, indecent, prohibited, illegal, or likely to arouse societal discord or disturb tranquility will not be tolerated,” the statement added.
Hackers and malicious groups attempt to damage reputations and stir up virulent and negative campaigns to serve their agenda, the statement said, recalling that Dawn had been a target of such online campaigns in the past, too.
The group sought its readers’ help in the “fight against hackers who are bent upon spreading fear, hatred and disinformation; who through their actions, are attacking our shared commitment to the progress of Pakistan”. www.dawn.com/news/1329079/dawn-group-seeks-readers-help-in-fight-against-hackers
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