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Spy agency blames ‘ordinary hackers’ for audio leaks

By Malik Asad In Dawn, December 27th, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) has indicated that ordinary individuals or hackers could be responsible for the recent audio leaks involving politicians, judges and their relatives, among others. The claim was made in a report, submitted to the Islamabad High Court (IHC) via the Ministry of Defence, during a hearing last week. According to the report, “there are various tools which provide the capability of audio recording from…

Hackers feast on government sites

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…

Hackers infiltrate ticketing system of Nepali travel and tour operators

report in The Himalayan Times, June 6, 2023A group of hackers have hacked into the ticket sales system of Nepali travel and tour operators, inflicting losses to the tune of more than Rs 20 million. According to Ramesh Thapa, president of Nepal Association of Tour and Travel Agents, a group of hackers gained access to the ticket sales system through phishing e-mails sent under the logo and names of global distribution system (GDS) companies that…