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Over 533 million Facebook users’ personal data including phone numbers has been leaked online

In recent news, a user in a low-level hacking forum published phone numbers and other personal data which was...

Apr 5 · >

Businesses with digital currencies being monitored by FIA

Due to numerous illegal trading of digital currencies, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) is currently monitoring all businesses and...

Feb 13 · >

FIA warns citizens of an Easypaisa/JazzCash fraud

The Cyber Crime Wing (CCW) of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has warned the citizens of Pakistan through its...

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Jan 25 · >

A software house was raided by FIA earlier this week, FIR also filed

The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has filed an FIR against Digitonics Labs Pvt Ltd for engaging in forgery, money...

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Jan 14 · >

Sindh High Court orders FIA to stop taking action against cryptocurrency traders

The Sindh High Court on Thursday directed relevant authorities to refrain from taking action against digital currency traders. Judge...

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Dec 18 · >

Renowned home appliance company suffers from online fraud worth millions of rupees

A well-known home appliance company in Pakistan has just been swindled to the tune of millions of rupees by...

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Nov 24 · >

Crypto to be legalized in Pakistan if the government fails to reply to Waqar Zaka’s petition

Waqar Zaka has been in the news recently for advocating the need for Pakistan’s government to legalize the use...

Nov 20 · >

Unsolicited calls still being made after biometric verification – Interior Minister

The Interior Ministry confirmed that even after the biometric verification of SIMs, people were receiving fraudulent and spam calls....

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Oct 21 · >

Chairperson Senate committee on IT calls for action against misuse of social media

Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Senator and Chairperson Senate Standing Committee on Information Technology and Telecom, Rubina Khalid has recently...

Jul 19 · >

Pakistan’s electricity losses can be reduced by 90% with ElectroCure governance tool: CEO Ignite

Senate Standing Committee on Information Technology has recently held a meeting to discuss various problems in which the IT...

Jul 9 · >

FIA arrests two men involved in harassment on Facebook

Federal Investigation Agency has arrested two men involved in harassment on Facebook. One of the accused is Mustafa from...

Jun 24 · >

FIA arrests PML-N’s youth wing leader over hateful content on social media

The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has arrested Waleed Butt, a leader of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) youth wing for...

Jun 18 · >

FIA arrests a man who threatened a woman with sharing pictures on social media

In its effort to curb online harassment on social media, the Cyber Crime Wing of Federal Investigation Agency (FIA)...

May 7 · >

PTA warns telecom companies to not increase tariff without proper mechanism

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) will take severe action if any telecom company raises the tariff without following the laid...

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Apr 30 · >

FIA arrested three men accused of Rs. 4 million Facebook fraud

The cyber crime wing of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has arrested three men for allegedly looting 4 million...

Apr 19 · >

PTA’s decision on deadline of blocking unregistered phones challenged in High Court

The mobile companies in Pakistan have challenged the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority’s (PTA) decision to block unregistered phones in the...

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Apr 16 · >

FIA begins investigation of “social media campaign” against Saudi crown prince

The Federal Investigation Agency has launched an investigation against certain journalists and parties who allegedly executed (what government calls...

Mar 28 · >

Women marchers of Aurat March 2019 being threatened, DRF submits complaints to FIA

Digital Rights Foundation — an NGO working for security and safety of people on social media, has recently submitted...

Mar 18 · >

FIA arrests blackmailer for stealing user’s personal information

Federal Investigation Agency’s Cyber Crime Branch has arrested a man after harassment and blackmailing complaints were lodged against him....

Mar 6 · >

A Pakistani girl’s explicit images were leaked online, read how local security agencies and the community failed her

Nishita Jha, a news reporter working with Buzzfeed has covered the story of a Pakistani girl whose explicit images...

Feb 1 · >

FIA arrests man in Lahore involved in luring and blackmailing women into making inappropriate videos

The Cyber Crime wing of Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), on Wednesday, arrested a man from Lahore. The accused was...

Jan 26 · >

Government decides to regulate social media in Pakistan

According to Federal Minister for Information Fawad Chaudhry, the government has decided to disband Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority...

Nov 23 · >

How to protect your bank account in wake of recent Data breaches

Pakistan witnessed the biggest data breach, this past week when Bank Islami became a victim of $6.5 million cyber-breach....

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Nov 7 · >

Beware as scammers find new ways to hack WhatsApp accounts in Pakistan

It hasn’t been long since the news of WhatsApp accounts being hacked in Karachi went public last month. The...

Oct 10 · >