ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has made 70% of India’s power grid dysfunctional through a cyberattack, security sources said in the wee hours of Saturday.
The action was taken after the Pakistan Armed Forces initiated a large-scale military operation named “Operation Bunyan ul Marsoos” in retaliation for continuous Indian provocations on early Saturday.
Security sources said that Pakistan has successfully destroyed the storage facility of the BrahMos missile in Beas, from where missiles were launched at Pakistan.
Furthermore, multiple strategic targets across India are being engaged as part of the operation.
“The Udhampur Air Base — a major operational site — and the airfield in Pathankot have also been heavily hit,” sources said.
Pakistan launches cyberattack against India
The security sources have confirmed that Pakistan has executed a cyberattack, hacking into several high-profile Indian websites, security sources said.
Among the targeted sites is the official website of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which was taken down along with critical data.
In addition to that, 15 mail servers were compromised, and 13 Government portals were defaced and taken down.
“150 databases stolen and data leaked, and the BJP Madhya Pradesh website defaced,” sources said.
The attack also affected the websites of the Crime Research Investigation Agency, Mahanagar Telecommunication Corporation Limited (MTCL), and Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML) — a key supplier of military equipment to the Indian armed forces.
Pakistan destroyed the complete ICT infrastructure of the Indian Railway, Delhi Gas Discom, and Kashmir Electric Discom was destroyed and data was deleted.
Wind Mills and consumer electricity portals were also shut down. Apart from that, 1744 Web Server destroyed and Data wiped.
