Senator Rehman Malik issued directives to FIA for investigating the violation of 115m mobile user’s data.
Chairman of the Senate Standing Committee on Interior Senator Rehman Malik issued directives to the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to probe reports about data breach involving sale of data of 115 million Pakistanis on dark net.
Senator Rehman Malik said while addressing a press conference that there were reports suggesting that data of 115 million cellphone users from Pakistan, including details such as full name, complete address and CNIC, was used for sale online.
He referred to reports doing the rounds on social media which say Rewterz, a pioneer of specialized cyber security services in Pakistan, claims to have discovered a data dump of 115 million Pakistani mobile users that has shown up for sale on the dark web.
He instructed the interior secretary to supervise the investigation to be carried out by the FIA, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) and Nadra and submit a consolidated report to the Senate standing committee.
He directed the IT secretary to ensure the report was submitted to the committee on time.
He makes sure the FIA and PTA to investigate the authenticity of the report and investigate as to how the personal data had been stolen and being sold for $2.1 billion online.
He informed the FIA to expose who was the source of supply for the data dump and directed the PTA to recognize the service provider that leaked it.
The senator said it should be determined if Nadra played a role in the investigation. He added that all the authorities responsible for releasing the national assets should be identified.
He added more that the culprits should be identified and investigated under the Cyber Crime Act, Official Secrets Act and also be tried under Article 6 of the Constitution of Pakistan.