Dailytimes site hacked

The dailytimes site was hacked today... the message on the site read "hacK3d bY ic3d r0s3
security is ~~ :) This is the end beautiful friend. This is the end my only friend".....

Pakistan cut off from world by under-sea cable fault

Pakistan's Internet and cell phone links with the rest of the world were severed Tuesday by a fault in a key submarine cable that engineers said could take two weeks to repair. Millions of people were affected by the breakdown in the main fibre-optic link beneath the Arabian Sea 35 kilometers south of Karachi, which was detected late Monday, officials and Internet service providers said. The complex repair work may require a complete shut down, potentially causing disruption in India, the United Arab Emirates, Djibouti and Oman, which are also linked to the damaged cable, officials said. "This is a highly sophisticated operation and only specialised companies can undertake such a delicate task under the sea," Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) chief engineer Shahid Ahmed said. "Pakistan has no such ability." The cable is owned by a consortium of 92 countries with Singtel of Singapore acting as its operating agents. "We are holding a multilateral conference to fix the problem and asked Singtel to arrange for the rectification of the fault," Ahmed said. He said Singtel has appointed E-Marine, a UAE-based company, to fix the fault. They had dispatched a ship which may take 18 to 24 hours to reach the site, he added.

'Open Source Adoption' conference

Karachi June 25: PSEB is hosting a conference on Open Source Adoption where international and local experts from Government, Banks, Corporate Sector and Software Houses have been invited to discuss and share their experiences to help you achieve true leverage from Open Source.

 

Registration open to business professionals from the private and public sector. For invitations, please fax your Business Card to 051-9204075 or hosman@pseb.org.pk

www.osrc.org.pk