Report in The Daily Star, Nov 28, 2023The cabinet yesterday approved in principle the draft Data Protection Act, which retains provisions for law enforcers to have unfettered access to citizens’ data. This was the first cabinet meeting since the announcement of the election schedule on November 15. Since the very first draft of the act, stakeholders have been pointing out that keeping the provisions for law enforcement without oversight is tantamount to shooting oneself in…
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by Kalbe Ali in Dawn, Oct 13th, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of IT and Telecommunication (MoITT) on Thursday notified the Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) Rules 2023 to counter cyber threats against government data. In a message on X (formerly Twitter), IT Minister Dr Umar Saif emphasised the need to protect Pakistan’s cyberspace against cyberattacks. “Today we have taken the first step in establishing a National CERT for Pakistan, our national CERT and subsequent sectoral CERTs…
report in The News, Sept 21, 2023ISLAMABAD: The data of 2.2 million Pakistani citizens has been compromised and put up for sale online after some hackers gained access to a private company-made database used by hundreds of restaurants, the Geo News reported on Wednesday. The hackers have reportedly displayed the data of some citizens as samples in the advertisement for the online sale. “We have hacked the databases of over 250 restaurants,” the hackers claimed…
by Zyma Islam/Shahriar Rahman/Zarif Faiaz in The Daily Star, Jul 9, 2023With the general election around the corner, data leaks and cyberattacks have intensified alarmingly, with the latest being a suspected leak of five crore citizens’ data from the Office of the Registrar General, Birth & Death Registration (BDRIS). The exposed data was first found out on June 27 by Viktor Markopoulos, a researcher from Bitcrack Cyber Security, a computer security solutions firm based in…