Minister Reveals About 71000 Cyberattacks Made on FBR Portals Every Month
Furthermore, the minister told that the FBR had been authorized to obtain cyber and information security-related hardware, software, and services to safeguard the organization from future phishing attempts. In a written response, the minister said during the last three years (Feb 18, 2019 to Feb 22, 2020; March 23, 2021; April 13, 2021 to August 19, 2021), FBR’s systems were breached three times with a success rate of 0.001pc. According to the minister, In addition to that, the Finance minister also called for an annual budget for technology refresh. In case of an investigation, Mr. Tarin told that there was an ongoing probe into the current breach with the assistance of a third party. This third party is helping in scanning the entire FBR network, which includes all machines located in the field formations, to determine the possible point of the first breach. According to the minister, once this has been resolved and remedial actions have been taken, a full third-party security audit will be launched to determine any remaining vulnerabilities. Moreover, a full action plan to counter those weaknesses will be put together and its execution will be examined. While giving the conclusive remarks, the minister said, Check out? PSDF and Zong lead the way to train 10,000 youth in Digital Freelancing Skills
