News are coming in that the Finance Ministry of Pakistan has been hacked. Sensitive documents from the official emails have been leaked online.
Above snap is from the leaked official document containing sensitive data related to the Ministry of Finance on the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Financial Action Task Force (FATF), Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), Islamic Development Bank (IDB), China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), among others.
The official website of the ministry is intact and is not defaced, however, their internal organizational data is leaked on the Darkweb Forums.
A total of 2413 email messages along with attachments where dumped by the hacker with some emails classified as “Highly Confidential” and “Strictly Confidential“
UPDATE: As of 1:45AM PKT, we have learned that only a single email account of a Ministry of Finance official was compromised. The name of the official is Dr. Iftikhar Amjad and his designation is Joint Secretary at the Finance Ministry of Pakistan. The initial news referring to the breach of MoF Internal Network were just a rumor.
Stay tuned for more updates on this story.