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Pk: Hackers steal, put up for sale Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police data

Posted on December 30, 2021 by Dissent

While Avos Locker gave a  U.S. police department a free decryptor after realizing that they had been attacked, a Pakistani police department may be having a different outcome with unidentified attackers. Pakistan Today reports:

Sensitive data belonging to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police has been accessed in an apparent cyberattack and put up for sale on the internet, it has emerged.

“A foreign-origin hacker is selling 1,400+ official documents including facial records belonging to KP police,” a user, claiming knowledge of the matter, tweeted.

Read more at Pakistan Today.


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