Hackers usually take over a site to promote their agenda or for personal gain. However, this recent hack was done purely out of “love.”
The Islamia University of Bahawalpur had its website hacked by an Indian hacker recently. The page has been defaced with an elaborate love letter.
The browser tab displays the message:
HACKED BY ~VICKY~ FOR HIS LOVE [BLUE IDIOT] JUST HACKED INTO THIS WEBSITE FOR YOU … we are united Indian hackers
Vicky or Vikrant has supposedly hacked the site to profess his love for his girlfriend as evident from his message (screenshot below).
He didn’t mention the girl’s name or why he hacked a site to do that. He did however leave a message for the site owner at the end as well.
SORRY WEBSITE OWNER FOR GETTING PWNED AND THANKS TO MR. 404 NOT FOUND
“Devil’s Cafe”
At the end of the hacker’s message there is a site link “devilscafe.in” which leads to a shady looking blog on “Informational Security” and “SEO & Blogging”.
The message on the about page reads:
…it is more likely that people often mistake my site to be that promotes Hacking. But in reality, our goal is to prevent hacking. We believe that unless you know how to hack (ethically), you cannot defend yourself from malicious hack attacks.
It’s probable that the site owner is Vikrant himself and he has hacked the Islamia University of Bahwalpur’s site. However, nothing is confirmed for sure.
Still Down
At the time of writing, the university’s website is still down with no word on when it will be restored.
Update: The site can’t be accessed now. Trying to access the site gets you a “Connection refused: www.iub.edu.pk:80” message.
Wah ?
Kya ishq hai ??
Mein ab ye soch raha hun k ab Pakistani hackers india ki kis kis jagah ghussen ge Indian air force ko to pehle he Dil dil Pakistan suna chuke hain , let’s see ?
just wait n watch :D
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Indian Online Muhabbat
Its a task for Pakistani Hackers…
let see what they will do…..
Correct !!
It is shameful for one to hack educational sites. Although we know Indian does not have any ethics.
child’s playing with fire. it’s only fun, not love.
A great way of showing love. Much appreciated. xD
what a fkin moron
LOL. This proves that world needs more sophisticated software developers.
Btw Site is back online. Please update the news.
Better than attacking and killing people.
Ha Bhai
You are welcome in Pakistan.
Come and take that girl with you :)
Crap politicians and ‘some other people’ on both sides want us to kill each other but we hate wars.