Pakistan version of Google, Paypal and 284 other websites hacked.

Looks like a hole in the Pakistan’s registry system has allowed a host of websites to be hacked today. This is a major hack attack that has happened with over 284 other high profile websites facing this hack issue.

Looks like the hackers are enjoying playing around with a bug in the Pakistani registry system today. The hackers have managed to bring down and modify a lot of high-profile websites like Google.com.pk, msn.org.pk. The hacking has been carried out with domains that have .PK extension.

The reason for this security issue was due to the change in the DNS system of these websites, which also includes Microsoft.pk. None of the hacker groups have taken responsibility for this hack attack. We’ll keep you posted about this news.

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