Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi informed the Senate on Tuesday that around 1,500 WhatsApp accounts have been hacked across the country since July 1, and the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has recovered some of the accounts and work is underway to recover others. is in progress, he added.
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In details tabled in the House of Lords today, the Security Czar said that “the FIA’s Cyber Crime Wing (CCW) has received 1,426 complaints relating to hacked accounts since 1 July”, adding that this figure does not include users who have not yet reported a compromised account.
He said 549 hacked accounts have been successfully restored from registered complaints, while CCW is currently processing a further 877 complaints and 20 have been escalated into formal investigations. Ta.
Naqvi said 40 complaints remained unresolved and 817 were still under verification stage.
Last year, former Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqub Nisar claimed that a complaint had been filed with the CCW seeking recovery of his “hacked” WhatsApp account.
FIA officials had said that the agency would follow standard operating procedures in response to Nisar’s son’s complaint.
Officials said the agency received a large number of complaints through online portals and other forums, but lacked the staff needed to handle all of them. He further said that the FIA does not have the latest equipment needed to combat cybercrime.
