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PTA detects 326 cyber threats on Dark Web, website defacement tops list

Pakistan Published 29 October 2026, 12:11 · archived 29 Oct 2026

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has detected 326 significant cyber threat indicators through Dark Web monitoring in a year, including 174 website defacement incidents, 87 data leaks and 41 distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) threats, highlighting persistent vulnerabilities in Pakistan’s digital infrastructure. According to the PTA’s Cyber Security Annual Report 2025-26, website defacement was the most frequently identified cyber threat, accounting for 53 percent of all indicators recorded by the National Telecommunications Security Operations Centre (nTSOC) between J...

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