*ISLAMABAD – Pakistan has been hit with one of the worst cyber attack ofits history.*
*As per the media report, Pakistan’s banking system has been hit by the‘biggest cyber attack in country’s history’.*
Data from 19,864 cards belonging to customers of 22 Pakistani banks hasbeen put on sale on the dark web, according to an analysis by Pakistan’sComputer Emergency Response Team, PakCERT.
It all started in mid-October when some customers of Bank Islami receivedtext messages, alerting them of transactions (withdrawal of money), whichthey didn’t do. Noticing the abnormal transactions of Rs.2.6 million, BankIslami blocked its international payment scheme on October 27.
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It was a coordinated cyber attack in which the payment network of BankIslami and the international payment scheme was compromised. Hackers madethese transactions on international ATMs using cards issued by the bank.
