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Bank Islami Comes Under Biggest Cyber Attack of Pakistan’s History

Posted on October 29, 2018 by Dissent

Muhamed Bilal reports:

Bank Islami Pakistan has come under the biggest cyber attack in the history of Pakistan.

The incident came under the limelight when numerous customer of the bank complaint of an unusual activity – that their payments cards are being used in the different international countries. It is alleged that a group of hackers breached the data centre of Islami bank and made the transaction by stealing customer’s details.

The unknown transaction that had been made by card scheme was worth Rs. 2.6 million.

Read more on Daily Punch.

See Catalin Cimpanu’s update here for bank’s denial that they lost $6m.

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