Indian hackers are reportedly in their elements: they have singed the Pakistan government network, locking their computers and data.

Facing the large-scale cyber attack from India, the Pakistani techies are reportedly down on their knees - they have even offered to pay the Indian hackers with Bitcoins so that their systems can be unlocked.

However, patriotic Indian hackers have reportedly rejected the offer and kept the Pakistani sites under their control.

Indian hackers claimed they are ready for a massive cyber attack, which can destroy the neighbouring country’s cyber space (Picture for representation only)

The Indian attack came in the wake of Pakistani hackers defacing Indian sites and circulating videos that say India’s recent surgical strike in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) was fake.

The malicious Pakistani propaganda and cyber attack angered the Indian hackers so much that they deployed the Ransomware to lock the network in the neighbouring country.

One of the Indian hackers has been identified by the Indian cyber experts, who claim that this ‘anonymous’ hacker is a member of Telangana cyber warrior.

It is reported that the hacker was among those who infected Pakistan government systems and have taken control over hundreds of computers.

Experts say Indian hackers attacked the Pakistani network after thousands of Indian websites were hacked by Pakistani techies.

Indian hackers are ready to launch a massive cyber attack on Pakistan (picture for representation only)

To counter the offensive, Indian hackers locked Pakistan government computers.

A black hat hacker told Mail Today: “To unlock their data, techies from Pakistan also paid in Bitcoins but ‘patriotic’ Indians refused to give away the decrypt key to unlock the data. Pakistani officials have been asked to pay the amount again to unlock."

Sources told Mail Today that Indian hackers are ready to launch a massive cyber attack which can destroy the cyber space of Pakistan.

However, they have warned that Pakistani hackers will also retaliate.

Indian agencies are now on an alert to ensure that there is no data loss in the ongoing cyber war.

According to security officers, many Pakistani accounts have become active post India’s surgical strike. (picture for representation only)

Experts believe that intelligence gathering has increased as the hackers allegedly are not only defacing the sites, but silently spying into critical network.

According to reports, a group of Pakistani hackers - the Pakistan Haxors Crew - has claimed that it had defaced 7,051 Indian websites after India launched surgical strike in PoK.

The list of targeted Indian websites include the official website of the National Green Tribunal (www.greentribunal.gov.in) and Bihar State Electronics Development Corporation (www.biharonline.gov.in.)

“Indian hackers just responded after smelling the malicious intention of Pakistani hackers. Techies across the border targeted Indian sites. They are also trying to circulate fake links and videos claiming that India never carried out surgical strike,” said Kislay Chaudhary, a cyber crime expert.

Indian experts also believe that cyber attacks from Pakistan are state-sponsored but Indian agencies have not retaliated.

However, if the Indian hackers want, they can easily destroy the entire Pakistani cyber space.

“Indian hackers are technically sound and can easily spy or steal data from any country. But no one ever tried to bring young talents under one umbrella for information gathering,” a hacker told Mail Today.

According to security officers, many Pakistani accounts have become active post India’s surgical strike.

These accounts are used for expanding terror network. Security agency officials said that they have zeroed in on several suspected accounts, including the account of one Salman Chaudhary, who has been uploading objectionable content like videos on Pakistan attacking India with nuclear weapons.

An Indian hackers said it took over three months to infect the Pakistani computers, while 100 computers now under his control belong to the education department, government tender website among others.

One of the hackers admitted of receiving 120 bitcoins to release the Pakistani computers, which he is reportedly using for charity.