Network access to Pakistan’s top fed agency FBR sold on Russian forum

guest · Aug 16, 2021

Network access to Pakistan’s top fed agency FBR sold on Russian forum
FBR, Pakistan’s IRS, has acknowledged the data breach
August 15, 2021
https://www.hackread.com/network-access-pakistans-top-fbr-russian-forum/

The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) of Pakistan (fbr.gov.pk) has suffered a large-scale cyber attack. This was revealed after a group of unknown hackers were found selling network access to the agency with more than 1500 computer systems on a Russian cybercrime forum.

Just like The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in the United States, the FBR is the top federal law enforcement agency of Pakistan that investigates tax crimes and money laundering, etc.
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Vulnerability in Microsoft Hyper-V software exploited
According to sources close to the matter, Hackread.com was told that hackers managed to breach the Microsoft Hyper-V software and took down the official website of the agency along with all of its subdomains.

Hackread.com can also confirm that hackers are currently selling the FBR’s network access for $26,000 (PKR 4,274,000, £19,000, €20,000). The group is also demanding $30,000 (PKR 4,000,000, £21,000, €25,000) else they will infect all the devices on the FBR’s server and transfer them to interested buyers.
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guest · Aug 25, 2021

FBR data hacking: Govt hires services of Irish company
August 26, 2021
https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/883360-fbr-data-hacking-govt-hires-services-of-irish-company

The government has hired the services of an Irish company as third party for scrutinising damages caused by hackers’ cyber attack on the FBR’s data and placement of all required safety protocols to avoid occurrence of such an episode in future.

Top official sources confirmed to The News Wednesday that the FBR’s data centre was closed down as they had scrutinised 100 percent data till Wednesday. When inquired from Federal Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin about rumours that the FBR’s hacked data was being sold on the dark web, he replied that it was not true. He said the government had hired an Irish company as a third party to scrutinise data centre of the FBR and place all required safety protocols to avoid occurrence of such happenings in future.

“An Irish company as well as Tania Aidrus has been assigned to scrutinise FBR’s data centre and suggest ways and means to ensure full-fledged safety protocols,” he added.
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But there is a need to analyse safety protocols that no breach occurs in future, he maintained.
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