• Hackers target the official website of one of the major ISPs, StormFiber.
• The troubling part is that the website may contain the payment credentials of users.
• Stormfiber claims that no customer payment data was stolen as the website stores limited public and static content.

Phishing efforts have increased recently; as hackers target well-known people and companies. Imran Khan, a former prime minister, recently had his Instagram account hijacked; but it was quickly restored. The official website of StormFiber; one of the largest ISPs (internet service providers) in Pakistan; was today the target of hackers who followed suit. The ISP’s official Facebook page was where the news first surfaced.

The website’s potential storage of users’ payment credentials; is the worrying aspect. Due to the website’s limited public and static content storage; Stormfiber asserted in its message that no customer payment information; had been obtained. In addition, the business said,

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Before bringing the website back online, we had to clean it up and fix the vulnerability. Aside from that, next month will see the launch of our brand-new website; which was developed using the most recent infrastructure and technology. This tragic incidence on our current website; happened while it was being tested. Our users must log in to an external Internet Payment Gateway (IPG); to make payments, where they must enter their card information; each time. As we don’t save payment information at the time of the payment is processed; we do this.

Pakistan is in a dire condition as a result of the rising number of hacking attempts; particularly for those people whose payment information; including credit card numbers, is available online. To tackle such dangers, the appropriate authorities; must pay attention and develop a strict policy.

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