Published 23 Nov, 2017 02:25pm

Cinepax Cinemas' website hacked

The website of Cinepax, which runs a countrywide chain of cinemas in Pakistan, appears to have been hacked today.

Instead of its usual homepage, the website loads with a white screen that declares "CinePax Cinema Got HacKed By Team Pak Cyber Attackers". A "Faisal_1337" left his postscript on the hacked page.

The hacked homepage of Cinepax

The hacker left a further message on the page: "Secure [your] server" and "Respect Us Or Expect Us".

The motive of the attack is unknown at present.

According to Cinepax General Manager Mohsin Yaseen, the website's server has been compromised and is being restored.

Cinepax has screens in Karachi, Lahore, Rawalpindi, Faisalabad, Gujranwala, Gujrat, Murree and Hyderabad, with more screens in planning for Faisalabad, Multan and Islamabad.

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