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Pakistan Petroleum thwarts ransomware attempt, says no critical data compromised

Published 08 Aug, 2025 12:15pm

Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL), an oil and gas exploration firm, has reported a ransomware attack on parts of its...

US says Iran emailed stolen Trump campaign material to Biden camp

Published 20 Sep, 2024 06:11am

NEW YORK: Iranian hackers sent emails containing stolen material from Republican former President Donald Trump’s...

Trump campaign says hit by hackers

Updated 12 Aug, 2024 08:25am

WASHINGTON: Donald Trump’s campaign said Saturday it had been hacked, blaming “foreign sources” for...

Olympic venue among 40 museums hit by ransomware attack: French police source

Published 06 Aug, 2024 05:41pm

PARIS: The Grand Palais, which is hosting Olympic events in Paris, and around 40 other museums in France were...

Hackers hit Australian state’s court recording database

Published 02 Jan, 2024 12:20pm

SYDNEY: Hackers accessed the court recordings database in Australia’s Victoria state and disrupted the audio-visual...

China’s biggest lender ICBC hit by ransomware attack

Published 11 Nov, 2023 06:30am

WASHINGTON: The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China’s (ICBC) US arm was hit by a ransomware attack that...

Blinken tells China that US will hold hackers ‘accountable’

Published 13 Jul, 2023 07:46pm

JAKARTA: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told China’s top diplomat Thursday that Washington will hold hackers...

Hackers target Pakistan's internet service provider StormFiber, website suffers outage

Published 03 Aug, 2022 06:19pm

Hackers deface ISP's website, display India's flag with brief message

Hackers posing as Merkel target ECB’s Lagarde

Published 13 Jul, 2022 05:48am

FRANKFURT: Unidentified hackers attempted to trick European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde into letting...

Hackers steal $97m from Japanese crypto exchange

Published 23 Aug, 2021 06:20am

TOKYO: Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Liquid was scrambling Friday to recover stolen assets worth nearly $100...

How hackers stole $613 million in crypto tokens from Poly Network

Published 12 Aug, 2021 10:22am

A breakdown of the biggest cryptocurrency heist

District council declares Germany’s first-ever ‘cyber-catastrophe’

Russia has also repeatedly pledged its desire to cooperate in the cyber sphere.

European banking regulator EBA targeted in Microsoft hacking

Published 08 Mar, 2021 10:05pm

The European Union's banking regulator, which gathers and stores swathes of sensitive data about banks and their lending, said it believed the cyber attack had struck only its email servers.
Microsoft and a person working with the US response blamed the initial wave of attacks on a Chinese government-backed actor. A Chinese government spokesman said the country was not behind the intrusions.

North Korea ‘tried to hack’ Pfizer for vaccine info: South’s spies

Updated 17 Feb, 2021 09:48am

SEOUL: North Korean hackers tried to break into the computer systems of pharmaceutical giant Pfizer in a search for...

South Korean spy agency says North Korea hackers tried stealing Pfizer vaccine know-how: Yonhap

Updated 16 Feb, 2021 03:30pm

South Korea’s intelligence agency said it had foiled North Korean attempts to hack into South Korean companies developing coronavirus vaccines.
North Korea is often accused of turning to an army of hackers to fill cash-strapped government coffers amid international sanctions that ban most international trade with the country.

Hackers try to contaminate Florida town's water supply through computer breach

Updated 09 Feb, 2021 11:27am

The hackers then increased the amount of sodium hydroxide, also known as lye, being distributed into the water supply.

Covid vaccine papers leaked, 'manipulated': EU regulator

Published 15 Jan, 2021 09:31pm

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) revealed in December that it had been targeted in a major cyber attack that illegally accessed information relating to the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna jabs.

Hackers access BioNTech/Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine data in cyberattack on EU regulator

Published 10 Dec, 2020 12:06am

It was not immediately clear when or how the attack took place, who was responsible or what other information may have been compromised.
Messages sent to BioNTech and Pfizer seeking further details about the breach were not immediately returned.

North Korean, Russian hackers target COVID-19 researchers: Microsoft

Published 13 Nov, 2020 07:06pm

Microsoft said the majority of the targets were organizations that were in the process of testing COVID-19 vaccines.
North Korea's representative to the United Nations did not immediately respond to messages seeking comment.

Hackers test defenses of Trump campaign websites ahead of U.S. election, security staff warn

Published 01 Sep, 2020 04:59pm

The security assessment was prepared by staff at U.S. cybersecurity firm Cloudflare, which has been hired by President Donald Trump to help defend his campaign's websites

Russia trying to hack and steal COVID-19 vaccine data, says Britain

Published 16 Jul, 2020 06:41pm

We condemn these despicable attacks against those doing vital work to combat the coronavirus pandemic.
While others pursue their selfish interests with reckless behaviour, the UK and its allies are getting on with the hard work of finding a vaccine and protecting global health.

Many verified Twitter accounts able to post again after hacking

Published 16 Jul, 2020 10:26am

Twitter had limited some users’ ability to tweet, reset passwords and use other unspecified “account functions” after many of the platform’s top accounts were hacked and used to solicit digital currency.

Hackers leak sensitive data of US nuclear missile contractor

Updated 06 Jun, 2020 11:09am

The report said that Westech has confirmed that it’s been hacked and that its computers have been encrypted.

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Sep 30	277.31
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Sep 30	277.11
USD to Japanese Yen / Oct 1	158.32
USD to Swiss Franc / Oct 1	0.84
Pound Sterling to USD / Oct 1	1.32
Euro to USD / Oct 1	1.13
SOFR % / Sep 29	3.88

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Sep 30	7,651.54
Nasdaq / Sep 30	26,861.06
Hang Seng / Sep 30	24,613.27
Dow Jones / Sep 30	50,906.05
India Sensex / Oct 1	71,770.30
Tokyo Nikkei / Oct 1	68,956.72
FTSE 100 / Oct 1	10,413.82
Germany DAX 30 / Oct 1	24,851.64
France CAC40 / Oct 1	7,827.14

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / Oct 1	387.40
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Oct 1	92.53
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Oct 1	18,480
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Oct 1	376,059
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Oct 1	4,162.20
Diesel/Litre / Oct 1	400.35
Cotton US¢/pound / Oct 1	78.41

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Dewan Motors / Oct 1 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	17.49 ▲ 1.59 (10%)
Ellcot Spinning / Oct 1 Ellcot Spinning Mills Limited(ELSM)	196.28 ▲ 17.84 (10%)
First Imrooz Mod. / Oct 1 First Imrooz Modaraba(FIMM)	286.94 ▲ 26.09 (10%)
Fazal Cloth / Oct 1 Fazal Cloth Mills Limited(FZCM)	280.46 ▲ 25.5 (10%)
Mandviwala / Oct 1 Mandviwala Mauser Plastic Industries(MWMP)	84.78 ▲ 7.71 (10%)
Popular Islamic / Oct 1 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	65.60 ▲ 5.96 (9.99%)
Arctic Textile / Oct 1 Arctic Textile Mills Limited(ARCTM)	57.29 ▲ 5.17 (9.92%)
D.S. Ind. Ltd. / Oct 1 D.S. Industries Limited(DSIL)	15.68 ▲ 1.41 (9.88%)
Lse Spac-I Ltd. / Oct 1 Lse Spac-I Limited(SPAC1)	22.36 ▲ 1.95 (9.55%)
Asim Textile / Oct 1 Asim Textile Mills Limited(ASTM)	124.56 ▲ 10.6 (9.3%)

Stock	Price
EFU Life Assr / Oct 1 EFU Life Assurance Limited(EFUL)	125 ▼ -39.01 (-23.79%)
Ashfaq Textile / Oct 1 Ashfaq Textile Mills Limited(ASHT)	45.51 ▼ -5.06 (-10.01%)
First Tri-Star Mod. / Oct 1 First Tri-Star Modaraba(FTSM)	44.03 ▼ -4.89 (-10%)
Pakistan Credit Rating Agency / Oct 1 The Pakistan Credit Rating Agency Ltd(GEMPACRA)	43.67 ▼ -4.85 (-10%)
First Punjab Modaraba / Oct 1 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	26.14 ▼ -2.9 (-9.99%)
East West Ins. / Oct 1 East West Insurance Company Limited(EWIC)	59.25 ▼ -6.37 (-9.71%)
Asia Ins. / Oct 1 Asia Insurance Company Limited(ASIC)	32.42 ▼ -3.43 (-9.57%)
Karam Ceramics / Oct 1 Karam Ceramics Limited(KCL)	156.18 ▼ -15.27 (-8.91%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Oct 1 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	29.62 ▼ -2.87 (-8.83%)
Apna Microfin. / Oct 1 Apna Microfinance Bank Limited(AMBL)	18.07 ▼ -1.73 (-8.74%)

Stock	Volume
Kohinoor Spinning / Oct 1 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	93,751,754 ▲ 0.11
F. Nat.Equities / Oct 1 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	38,616,570 ▲ 0.09
Cnergyico PK / Oct 1 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	26,026,242 ▼ -0.14
Pak Int.Bulk / Oct 1 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	25,714,456 ▲ 0.03
First Punjab Modaraba / Oct 1 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	22,551,198 ▼ -2.9
Tasdeeq Info. Serv. / Oct 1 Tasdeeq Information Services Limited(TISL)	19,722,398 ▲ 0
K-Electric Ltd. / Oct 1 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	17,323,432 ▼ -0.03
WorldCall Telecom / Oct 1 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	17,315,970 ▼ -0.01
D.S. Ind. Ltd. / Oct 1 D.S. Industries Limited(DSIL)	16,558,025 ▲ 1.41
Pak Refinery / Oct 1 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,113,756 ▼ -1.8

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