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Cyber war: Indian hackers take down OGRA site
Pakistani hackers deface Indian intelligence website and Indian Cyber Army takes down Ogra.
A group of hackers going by the name ‘Predators PK’ have hacked over 200 Indian websites. PHOTO: EXPRESS
A war between Indian and Pakistani cyber hackers has erupted. Both sides are hacking each other’s websites. These attacks began with an Indian Cyber Army (ICA) attack — cited as ‘revenge for the 26/11 attack — on Pakistani government websites.
A group of Pakistani hackers, identifying themselves as the Pakistan Cyber Army (PCA), retaliated not out of any ideological motivation but simply revenge.
The two sides have been retaliating since then, with dangerous tit-for-tat attacks. Sensitive websites, including government owned ones, on both sides of the cyber war have already been put out of commission. And the ongoing cyber war threatens to disable even more.
Important casualties of this cyber war include the website of the Indian Central Bureau of Investigations (CBI) and the Pakistan’s Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) and the website of the Jadavpur University Department of Economics.
The Ogra website (ogra.org.pk) was recovered by the website’s administrators, the Jadavpur University Department of economics (www.jueconomics.in/) still hosts the PCA’s message and the Indian Central Bureau of Investigations (http://cbi.nic.in/) can still not be accessed.
CBI authorities have said they are working to restore the site, which offered information to the public. The CBI’s spokesperson was unwilling to comment on Indian media reports that more than 200 other Indian sites had also been attacked by Pakistani hackers.
“We came to know the CBI site had been compromised Friday night,” the spokesperson said. “It will take us a couple of days to restore the site.”
The spokesperson added that they could not immediately say who was responsible for the attack. However, he mentioned that the CBI had “registered a case” and was investigating the attack. The Pakistani hackers in a message posted on the Indian website said “Hacked hahaa funny”, “Let us see what you investigating agency so called CBI can do” (sic).
“We always get revenge,” the chief of the PCA said to The Express Tribune. “I do this because I love Pakistan and want to do something ‘big’ for my country,” said the administrator of the website where the PCA collective congregates.
Different groups of Pakistani hackers all of whom congregate under the banner of the Pakistan Cyber Army, retaliated for the ICA’s attack on Pakistan’s government websites earlier this week. They defaced the website for the Indian Central Bureau of Investigations (CBI) along with some 270 other government websites. The hackers signed their message on the Indian police website: “Pakistan Zindabad”.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 5th, 2010.
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Here we go again.Recommend
This website is absolutely working fine.Recommend
Simply Pakistan Zindabad ! Get rid with ur bruises noob indians !Recommend
There is not such a strong barrier to avoid hacking of important Pakistani web sites that’s why they are so easy in approaching their information..Recommend
Oil & Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) website is absolutely working perfect . who told u itz hacked ????Recommend
This is ridiculous! What are the 2 “armies” gaining by this?Recommend
I dont know why PCA is trying that they are superior in hacking… I agree.. it is there only job…
but In India any software engineer (u all the count… Dogs are outnumbered by Information Technocrats)can hack it … so..better get some life PCA…..and for all readers here… it is easy to hack any school ,trusty , entertainment sites….u can increase the count from 270 – to 10000…it dsnt matter .. Indians have 10000 times more sites hosted than pakistanis.. so obviously ur result will good ..but only in terms of Quantity… not in Quality…:)..Recommend
I second Mr. AnoopRecommend
Anoop, I agree with you for a change. The governments should intervene and stop them.. this is very silly.Recommend
I think its great. There is no excuse for the government websites in both the countries to be so easily hackable. I hope this will inspire these websites to put some resources towards making websites secure…Recommend
Please do give credits to the original post, it doesn’t take a thing. OGRA website was restored but compromised using different hacking technique by ICA again, follow the update from our portal and original source for this news: http://www.hackerregiment.com/indo-pak-cyber-warfare-leads-to-defacement-of-ogra-oil-gas-regulatory-authority.htmlRecommend
pakistan cyber army hacked more than 200 india websites. they hacked ogra website and call it a “revenge” what a pityRecommend
I agree with Anoop… why they are wastin their time?Recommend
Website is taken completely offline: http://www.hackerregiment.com/indo-pak-cyber-warfare-leads-to-defacement-of-ogra-oil-gas-regulatory-authority.htmlRecommend
“Hacktivism” is the correct spelling. Whoever used it wrong must be really doing it wrong. Welcome to the world of the script kiddies.Recommend
Two wrongs don’t make one right.
If Pakistan & India make a pact and arrest both types of hackers, it’ll put a permanent end to this!Recommend
great work done by the pak hackers love u pakRecommend
feeling pity on pak IT guys…..if they use their minds in some kinda constuctive work…..pakistan would have been much above their present shattered state!!!!
……learn smthing from Indian IT guys….they have played a major role in development of INDIA…!!!!!!Recommend
now this is not how you retaliate.Hacking this website would only have taken effect for a small amount of time like 1 hour maximum because this would have been recovered A.S.A.P by the admin of the website………..Recommend
I agree with Raquib Ali. We are not perfect neighbours but no point making it more bitter.Recommend
a new battlefield!!Recommend
The cyber war is going on between the two groups of hackers of neighbouring countries.
Why the US hackers army have not intervened as yet to stop the cyber war between Pakistan and India?
Is it due to WikiLeaks that US hackers are not available to stop the cyber war? Or they are at war with the Editor of WikiLeaks?Recommend
Dear Hackers,
Please don’t hack government websites, instead hack any other websites who are not paying their taxes regularly. If you want to hack some thing, hack swiss bank website and find who have stored more money without paying tax. just tell to this world this guy is keeping block money and it is in unused state.. like that. Dont play with government and its legal matterrs that will create tension between two contries (INDIA and Pakistan). We want live piecefully in this world. Don’t start cyber WAR between countries this will lead to real WAR beteen two contries. Be carefull.. If one dead that’s all they can’t come back and see their MOM, dad, brothers, sisters, friends andthis whole world. Please avoid ego and concentrate in your work, this will help your country to grow economically. Be a Man!!!
Yours
A True Indian.Recommend
@sharjeel khan we have a lot of toher works to do and it is anyway easy for us to revert back to normal operations. Ask cozy pakis to do some useful workRecommend
@sharjeel khan
There were no governmental websites except for cbi website. Rest of them are some nondescript private website.
While the 36 websites which Indians hacked were all Pakistan governmental websites.Recommend
We know that many pakistanis hate india.But we dont hate pakistan and pakistanis.Why not make a new begining and enjoy fruits of our knowledge together?After all we have same roots and same past andhave to live together in future whether one likes it or not.Recommend
Really? Sounds like a group of IT guys who have nothing else to do. Why are you even taking sides in this? It is simply childish. Just like the little scrimmages that take place between the two. Paks fire to let some terrorists into India, and the IA doesn’t really do anything because they actually care about what is going on. And I completely agree with anonymous (above me). How do you like a country that is still run by the army. Pak is just filled people who do not know how to move forward.Recommend
we indians start thinking when u end it. so dont be very excited. lot more coming to u …..!!!!Recommend
Its foolishness From indian and Pakistani sides. We need to behave Sensibly. Its wastage of time and effort. We shud not go to the extent that we start thinking negatively about Indians in every aspect of life . I know Pakistanis have better brains than Indians but what we need to do is to divert our potentials in positive directions. Its Shame!
I expect the same from indians!Recommend
@anonymous
People like u on both sides are Nuts without any in-depth knowledge of consequences of such stupid acts. Think rationally and behave Sensibly without Prejudice!Recommend
Anoop!
I am encouraged with your understanding and condemnation of such naive acts! Keep it up and continue thinking positively!Recommend
this is childish from both sidesRecommend
has the debate ended or its still at its peak?Recommend
Hacking is not positive act for any one, why not apply skils for the purpose of peace because day by day our world is going towards desasters (natural and human created).Recommend
Heya guys this website OGRA.COM.PK had many bugs and we told them again again and again and once my dear frnd (PAK HACKER) told me that 35 paki sites are easily hackable … he told me that i sent email to them now rest is there duty but result is in front of you……. 40 GOV sites hacked(35 i told you were vulner) so guys hackers i mean paki hackers are doing well first they are securing there cyber space and then taking revenge coz they dnt have the permission to take our paki cyber space to make them unhackable………….Recommend
Hacking of CBI Website would Should had Been Done 3 back only.. It was haveing some serious SHORT Coming.. Very Poorly Writtnd code…
I won’t call this as hacking it is just a SCRIPT KIDDIES Work. It Not Hacking it just Scrip Kiddies work. CBI Website was Sitting Duck to be Shoot.Recommend
‘Hack the Pak websites’ was the Indian catch phrase. ‘Hack the Indian websites’ then became the Pakistani catch phrase.
As mentioned yesterday, since the Indians started it, they must now apologize to the Pakistanis. If they cant express it then an implied apology will do like placing a ‘live and let live’ message on Facebook or Twitter. And if that is also not palatable then they should just stop and our boys will get the message. That should clear the air.
Salams and best wishes.Recommend
As if this relationship didn’t have problems enough.Recommend
Y indians started dis all?
wat they want actually?
@ABHII
MR stop blackmailing us
lol typing such things is really childish and wierd…
GROW UP man…
indians should stay within themselves which would b the solution of dis cyber war..
If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die….
so indians Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing….and then u expect everything??? GREAT hah!!!
Only those who respect the others can be of real use to them.
We must build a new world, a far better world – one in which the eternal dignity of man , culture, country and religion is respected.Recommend
Indians started it so better they face the consequences….Pakistan Cyber Army..proud of you guys since you showed the Indians that we are not sleeping…and we dont initiate attacks either…Thanks for not letting the Indian Hackers overpower us..We know Pak Cyber Army is much more powerful but only attacks when the others force us to…Recommend
Hacking is a crime, equivalent to terrorism. CYBERTERRORISM. Whoever does it, NO MERCY. PUNISH severely. Let Indian Govt. start the ball rolling, since I can only speak for India.Recommend
If you have some files in a filing cabinet at home or your office, or some other private piece of information, and I forcibly break into your house, and take by force or enter those files, that activity is called burglary or armed robbery, depending on the methods and types of force used. That is actionable criminal action and in the USA, I may use lethal force to prevent such intrusion into my house.
Hacking is exactly parallel to the crime above, and is much more serious.The penalties must be even more rigorous, to be seen as deterrents. This is a global problem and affects every human being in our global economy. This type of “nationalism” is pure evil in disguise & has no place and needs to be stamped out for the poison it is by the UN, Interpol plus every government.Recommend
pakistani hackers is great, if pakistani hacker want to hack any thing, they did. love u pakgruopRecommend
That’s my PAKISTAN>>>>>>>>>> what do u say indians. you know PAKISTAN is smart and beautiful……………………..Recommend