Security sources have shared details regarding major cyber counter-offensive by Pakistan, under Operation BunyanumMarsoos, launched in response to Indian aggression, targeting key infrastructure sectors across India.
The cyber wing of Pakistan’s armed forces was “actively involved” in the operation, inflicted significant disruptions across multiple Indian domains, including power infrastructure and petroleum systems, they added.
Security sources reavealed that the Pakistani cyber team caused severe damage to Indian communications, disabling official government emails and the OTP infrastructure, adding that the national communications suffered heavy disruption.
Sources confirmed that India’s surveillance systems were also reportedly compromised. Hackers destroyed communication hardware and defaced numerous Indian websites, they added.
Servers at Indian airports were taken down, impacting the Indian Air Force’s communications and interrupting railway systems across several regions, sources further revealed.
They said the Pakistani team gained access to India’s national, eastern, northern, and western load dispatch centres, temporarily disabling systems, adding that the breach cut electricity to approximately 80% of Indian consumers for a limited period.
According to internal reports, over 4,600 power feeders in Maharashtra, 3,600 in Uttar Pradesh, and more than 600 in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) were hacked and disconnected.
In Indian Punjab, two AI-powered servers at the load dispatch centre were disabled. Meanwhile, in Karnataka, more than 235 solar and wind grid stations were hacked and rendered inoperative.
Sources shared that the databases of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (HPCL) and Indraprastha Gas Ltd (IGPL) were also targeted. Over 4,400 government and public-sector communication routers were also brought down, they added.
Security sources reavealed that the Pakistani cyber team caused severe damage to Indian communications, disabling official government emails and the OTP infrastructure, adding that the national communications suffered heavy disruption.
Sources confirmed that India’s surveillance systems were also reportedly compromised. Hackers destroyed communication hardware and defaced numerous Indian websites, they added.
