Pakistan

'Penetrator' arrested on charges of hacking Zardari's website

FIA Cyber Crime Wing in Lahore pick up Adil aka Penetrator on charges of hacking the president's personal website.

Express December 06, 2010

LAHORE: The Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) Lahore Cyber Crime Wing on Monday arrested a hacker on charges of hacking the personal website of President Asif Ali Zardari (www.president-of-pakistan.com).

According to officials, the website was hacked in July and was restored within two days. The accused had changed his web name from Adil to ‘Penetrator’ when the Cyber Crime Wing started tracing his location.

Adil, who has confessed to hacking the site, says he had done it ‘for fun’. He has been handed over to FIA Rawalpindi for further investigation.

Pakistani hackers have recently been involved in a cyber war with Indian hackers, after a group from India hacked Pakistan government sites to mark the anniversary of 26/11 attacks in Mumbai. Hackers from both sides continue to target government and private websites in an ‘act of revenge’.

COMMENTS (12)

Faisal | 13 years ago | Reply Dont Leave him He is Very Big weapon you have. Please Dont Lose him And Give him JOB this is very Good Opportunity for Pakistan..

Usman | 13 years ago | Reply Aslam-o-Alaikum, All i want to say is that our country name has given us identity to be recognized in this globe so we must not attack our own country websites because these are already targeted by those ugly Indians, we must try to secure our cyber boundaries rather misusing our expertise for destruction of our own country assets... Long Live Pakistan

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Asif | 13 years ago | Reply As FIA Cyber Crimes Wing has arrested the person who is involved in hacking of Pakistani websites, they (FIA Cyber Crimes Wing) would definitely have already equipped with technical I.T experts who would know how to hack and how to trace / track the hackers....... Its better for the Law-enforcing agencies because the most emerging crime in all over the world is CYBER CRIME. May ALLAH help FIA and all the law enforcing agencies to enhance their capabilities to counter the upcoming challenges............... PAKISTAN ZINDABAD FIA CYBER CRIME ZINDABAD JEO ANTI PAKISTAN HACKERS TO PAKAR K

ifti | 13 years ago | Reply o cmon let him go or better put him in a place where he can be useful. he has the knowhow. make use of it man.

Mustafa | 13 years ago | Reply FIA Should hire him! He may be required in future...

Haris | 13 years ago | Reply give this man a job!

Muhammad Farhan Ullah | 13 years ago | Reply Asalam O Alikum So whats wrong in it if some one hacks ur website you must improve your firewall and security so no one can hack it... and as mentioned at the end he also hacked Indian websites to take revenge for Hacking Pakistani web sites... I will say its good and we should be ready for such attacks in future as well as I am a believer that This " Aman Ki Asha" is crap... They don't want Peace.. Pakistan Zindabad! Regards: Muhammad FarhanUllah

Ali Haider | 13 years ago | Reply FIA has a lot of free time at their hands. eh?

kahn | 13 years ago | Reply Hacker is arrested because he done some thing wrong with the high up.But what about others(robbers,Sugar mafia,and other criminals.?)

Asrar Ahmed | 13 years ago | Reply www.president-of-pakistan.com I always thought that .com domain was for commercial websites?.

S. Ali Raza | 13 years ago | Reply Hire him! FIA will be needing hackers.

Muhammad Wajid | 13 years ago | Reply Hacking will become a new profession of 21th century very soon.Try to create jobs for hackers otherwise they will become mysterious and dangerous journalists pleased only by plots in Islamabad.

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