Pakistan government institutions under threat of massive cyber attack

Pakistan government institutions under threat of massive cyber attack

Government has issued an advisory on cyber attackslink raising high-concerns on accessof hackers to personal data of users through Windows 10 and its application.

In addition to this, the government has issued another advisory and it hasbeen sent to the secretaries including all federal, divisional andprovincial chief secretaries.

As per highlighted in the advisory, the access of sensitive information ofthe people is being availed by hackers through Window 10 and itsapplications.

The advisory recommends that network administrators inform users aboutcyber security and that users regularly update their anti-virus.

It is important to be stated that the advisory recommended the networkadministrators to be responsible for maintaining cyber security by updatingthe antivirus regularly.

Furthermore, it is advised to the users to use Google chrome instead ofInternet Explorer to fulfill the browsing and downloading purposes.