ISLAMABAD: Hackers have become active to steal sensitive information of federal ministries and divisions while efforts are being made to obtain information of ministries and divisions through fake emails.
According to the media report, the Cabinet Division has sent a letter to all federal ministries and divisions and warned them in this regard. Fake e-mails can compromise the security of ministries’ network/systems.
According to the sources, in the post, the ministries, divisions are advised to be cautious when receiving unknown emails, to scrutinize emails requesting important information, to verify the received email address and domain in advance and to receive emails from unknown email IDs. It is recommended not to open the document attached to the email.