ISLAMABAD – A local cybersecurity has claimed that it has discovered a data dump of 115 million Pakistani mobile users’ that have shown up for sale on the dark web.
The cybercriminal behind this data breach is demanding 300 BTC or $2.1 million USD for the data, Rewterz, a pioneer of specialized cybersecurity Services Company, working in Pakistan, said on Friday.
“This indicates that financially motivated threat actors are active in Pakistan and organizations are becoming a victim of these cyberattacks,” the company said in its blog.
The company’s Threat Intelligence team has also analyzed the samples of the data dump that has been released on a popular dark web forum. The stolen data includes users’ personal details, such as full name, complete address, their mobile numbers as well as their NIC number and Tax number.
The cybercriminal offering the data dump for sale is a VIP member of the dark web forum where the ad has been posted. “Database is freshly hacked this week. That data was still being updated as I took the data down. Beautifully organized in a CSV with headers for your pleasure.” data sale ad states.
“Our team also closely monitoring deep & dark web forums, marketplaces & shops and will publish any additional information as soon as it becomes available, ” the blog report further added.
When we contacted the FIA Lahore office for comment on this development, an official, who wished not be named, said, we can validate this claim at this stage. However, our cybercrime wing, definitely, will investigate this issue. Media will be updated accordingly, he added.
