Hafeezur Naeem, the chairman of the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority, stated on Friday that all of Pakistan’s data is kept on foreign servers and is therefore susceptible to theft.
The PTA chairman admitted that his personal SIM data has been accessible on the dark web since 2022, making shocking revelations during a Senate Standing Committee on Information Technology meeting.
He told the committee that the information of people who applied for the Hajj had also been taken and was currently making the rounds on the dark web. He emphasized the need of having a strong data infrastructure and stated that a national data center is necessary to protect sensitive data.
