Almost All Pakistani Banks Hacked, Data of Customers Stolen In Major Security Breach: Report

In a major security breach, data of most of the banks operating in Pakistan has been hacked, a media report said Tuesday quoting a senior cyber crime official.

The disclosure comes days after around 10 banks blocked all international transactions on their cards, following concerns raised about a breach of credit and debit card data, Geo News reported.


In a shocking revelation, Director of cyber crime wing of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Capt Mohammad Shoaib said: "According to a recent report we have received, data from almost all Pakistani banks has been reportedly hacked".

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A report in Daily Jang, a leading Pakistani Urdu newspaper, revealed on Tuesday that the ATM fraud has targeted hundreds and in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province alone, more than 200 people lost millions of rupees from their bank accounts.

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