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National Cyber Crimes Investigation Agency (NCCIA) is a specialized agency established by the Government of Pakistan on 3 May 2024. The agency replaced Cybercrime Wing of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and was created to "counter propaganda and rumours on social media".
Cyberterrorism is the use of the Internet to conduct violent acts that result in, or threaten, the loss of life or significant bodily harm, in order to achieve political or ideological gains through threat or intimidation.
Cybercrime encompasses a wide range of criminal activities that are carried out using digital devices and/or networks.These crimes involve the use of technology to commit fraud, identity theft, data breaches, computer viruses, scams, and expanded upon in other malicious acts. [1]
Authorities in Pakistan on Wednesday arrested and charged a man with cyber terrorism for his alleged role in spreading misinformation that led to widespread rioting in the U.K. earlier this month.
Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has charged a local man with cybercrime offences for spreading fake online information which fuelled riots in Britain, it said in a statement on ...
Convicted computer criminals are people who are caught and convicted of computer crimes such as breaking into computers or computer networks. [1] Computer crime can be broadly defined as criminal activity involving information technology infrastructure, including illegal access (unauthorized access), illegal interception (by technical means of non-public transmissions of computer data to, from ...
DDOS as a service using botnets retained under the control of the seller is also common, and may be the first cybercrime as a service product, and can also be committed by SMS flooding on the cellular network. [60] Malware and ransomware as a service have made it possible for individuals without technical ability to carry out cyberattacks. [61]
It involves the establishment of Research and Development (R&D) Labs in selected universities across Pakistan. The universities were chosen through a competitive process initiated by HEC in early 2018, and after careful evaluation, 11 technical proposals were shortlisted.