FBR Suffers From a Large-Scale Cyber Attack: Source
Following the cyberattack, FBR claimed that its hackers have no access to the information of the taxpayers preserved in the form of a database by the FBR. According to a top FBR official, Till now, the FBR has been able to retrieve its official website that deals with all its tax-related functions., However, on the negative side, the hackers still have the data they obtained. The access to the FBR’s system is now being sold off for $30,000 on a Russian forum as you can see in the below-mentioned image.
As per a report by Hackread, the hackers successfully managed to breach the Microsoft Hyper-V software and hacked the official website of the agency along with all of its subdomains. Currently, the hackers are selling the FBR’s network access for $26,000 (PKR 4,274,000). Unfortunately, the authorities haven’t been able to trace the hackers till now. It is a grim scenario and all law enforcement agencies must act in a vigilant way to resolve this issue as soon as possible. Check out? Finally, Microsoft Roll-Out a Windows 10 Patch to Fix Critical Security Bug
