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'''Pakbugs''' was a [[Pakistan]]i-based [[security forum]] offering security releases updates, discussion of [[Hacker (computer security)|hacking]], [[credit card fraud]], [[phishing]] and other forms of [[computer crime]]; as well as [[trading]] in [[malware]], bank login details and stolen [[credit card]] numbers.<ref name="reg">{{cite web| url = https://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/07/13/pakbugs_crackdown/| title = Facebook for hackers shut down in Pakistan • The Register| website = [[The Register]]}} </ref> The forum was shut down after multiple raids by Pakistani [[Federal Investigation Agency]] on its members in 2010, in which five individuals were arrested, with the alleged founder suspected to remain at large in [[Riyadh]].<ref name="reg"/><ref>{{cite web|author1=Carvell, Andy|title=Pakistan hacker forum Pakbugs busted|url=http://www.geek.com/news/pakistan-hacker-forum-pakbugs-busted-1269490/|website=geek.com|publisher=Ziff Davis|accessdate=2 November 2015|format=|date=13 July 2010|archive-date=16 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150716012952/http://www.geek.com/news/pakistan-hacker-forum-pakbugs-busted-1269490/|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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In addition to being a crime forum, ''PAKbugs'' was also the nomenclature of a group, used by individuals on numerous occasions to claim responsibility and attribution for defacement of several high-profile Web sites.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Constantin, Lucian|title=Notorious Website Defacers Arrested in Pakistan|url=http://news.softpedia.com/news/Notorious-Website-Defacers-Arrested-in-Pakistan-147087.shtml|website=Softpedia|accessdate=2 November 2015|date=12 July 2010}}</ref><br />
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Also, the forum offered resources and courses to pen-testing, programming and a lot of IT subjects, from beginner to advanced.<br />
A lot of users were registered to learn about programming, security, software engineering.<br />
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The forum re-emerged in 2013 and was responsible for hacking and defacing [[.pk]] domains, along with the Google Saint Helena, Google Uganda and Google Morocco websites. The group also defaced websites of five major Pakistani banks besides and a few Indian and Middle Eastern banks.<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
*{{cite web|author1=Warner, Gary|title=PakBugs Hackers arrested|url=http://garwarner.blogspot.com/2010/07/pakbugs-hackers-arrested.html|website=CyberCrime & Doing Time|date=12 July 2010}}<br />
*{{cite web|author1=Constantin, Lucian|title=Online Vigilante Hacks Carding-Forum DatabaseOnline Vigilante Hacks Carding-Forum Database|url=http://news.softpedia.com/news/Online-Vigilante-Hacks-Carding-Forum-Database-122194.shtml|website=Softpedia.com|date=21 September 2009}}<br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Cybercrime]]<br />
[[Category:Hacker groups]]<br />
[[Category:Internet forums]]<br />
[[Category:Pakistani websites]]<br />
[[Category:Carding (fraud)]]<br />
[[Category:Cybercrime in India]]<br />
[[Category:Federal Investigation Agency]]<br />
[[Category:Internet fraud]]<br />
[[Category:Cyberattack gangs]]<br />
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