Punjab police website hacked
Friday, 09 Jul, 2010
Pakistani officials have closed down the website after getting this news. — File Photo
LAHORE: According to sources, unknown hackers have hacked the official website of Punjab police on Friday. They have cleared up all the messages from chief minister and IG police Punjab .
After doing this heinous act, the hackers wrote down sentences in which they asked the Pakistani government to stop proxy war against India . This suggests that the hackers were from India ; however, it is still not clear.
Pakistani officials have closed down the website after getting this news. — DawnNews
Tags: Pakistan police
An official website belonging to the  of Pakistan was hacked  on Friday, a private TV channel reported. The hackers left a message on the homepage in which they asked the Pakistani government to "stop proxy war against India." The messages of the  and provincial  were also erased from the site. 

Although the hackers have not been identified, Pakistani sources say the slogan left on the site points to Indian origins; cyber security experts confirmed this and added that 150 Pakistani websites were hacked in the last three days. The Punjab police website has been hacked twice recently; in one incident, the official emblem was replaced with the logo of the .

A police spokesman stated they would take legal action against an Islamabad-based company responsible for the website's security as well as stop the use of its services from July 31. “We are also going to give the domain hosting of the website and its maintenance, including the data update to the Punjab Information Technology Board.” The website has temporarily been shut down.