Cyber Attack: Pakistani News Channels Hacked with Pro-Mossad Messages

ISLAMABAD: The transmissions of several news channels in Pakistan have been hacked, ARY News reported.

Following the breach, a message supporting the Israeli intelligence agency, Mossad, was displayed. In addition to the broadcast interference, a pro-Mossad campaign was launched across Pakistani news websites via Google Ads.

As many as 19 countries, including Pakistan, were targeted in this digital campaign.

In Pakistan, media websites were the primary targets. Following the compromise of the news transmissions and the subsequent ad campaign, national institutions have been mobilized to investigate.

The incident happened after the US and Israel have launched a major combat attack on Iran, the Israeli defence minister said on Saturday while Iran’s Supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei was martyred along with his family members.

Iran has responded swiftly and has targeted key Israeli cities with a barrage of Ballistic missiles.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced a first wave of missile and drone attacks against Israel in retaliation for the strikes, according to the Tasnim news agency.

Israel’s military said it had protectively sounded air raid sirens in areas across the country “to prepare the public for the possibility of missiles being launched toward Israel” in retaliation.

“We have started an extensive military operation in Iran; we will destroy the threat from the cruel Iranian regime,” the US President said in a video statement.