A group of Pakistani hackers going by
the online handle of Team Pak Cyber Attackers hacked and defaced the
official Google Bangladesh domain Tuesday morning. The group left a
deface page along with a message on the targeted domain taunting
security measures implemented by Google.
The Internet users in Bangladesh were
shocked when they witnessed their search engine giant’s domain
displaying “Pakistan Zindabad” (Long live Pakistan) slogan. Confused
with the situation, users took it to Twitter to get the clear picture of what’s going on.
Here is a full preview of the deface page:
“Struck by Faisal 1337. Google Bangladesh Stamped by Team Pak Cyber Attackers. Security is an illusion. Pakistan Zindabad”.
Source: TwitterHackers do like to play with security flaws that can interrupt service of any famous platform. This one is similar to aDNS hijacking case in February 2015that disrupted access to Google’s Vietnam homepage.
It is unclear whether the defacement of
Google Bangladesh domain was done to provoke a cyber war
between Bangladesh and Pakistan or it was a good faith hack that was
conducted to show nothing on the Internet is safe and the Internet giant
like Google should spend more on security. Looking at Team Pak
Cyber Attackers’ Zone-h profile
it can be seen that the group mostly hacks high profile Indian
government and law enforcement websites however this is the first time
when the group has targeted a Bangladeshi domain.
Remember, in May 2016, a famous Bangladeshi hacker “Tiger Mate” had hacked Pakistani real estate giant Zameen.com and leaked its massive database when its owners ignored his good faith messages about Zameen’s poor security.
At the time of publishing this article, Google Bangladesh domain was restored and reachable for users. One can only hope that both parties
won’t go in a cyberwar against each other because it’s a fact that
innocent online users and small businesses are the ones who suffer more than anyone else.
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