FIA arrests three for hacking women's Facebook accounts

RAWALPINDI: The Cyber Crime Wing of Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Tuesday claimed to have arrested a three-member gang on charges of hacking the Facebook accounts of women and then harassing them.

The raid was carried out in Sadiqabad area of Rawalpindi in which three alleged cyber criminals were rounded up.

One of the suspects Bilal Hussain has confessed to hacking over 80 Facebook accounts. He told the interrogators that he had been hacking Facebook accounts for the past couple of months and that he learnt how the accounts are hacked from a Facebook page.

All three suspects have been remanded into the custody of FIA for three days.

The legislation over the cyber crime bill is underway in Pakistan. However, the FIA has set up a helpline (9911) for the victims of cyber crime to lodge their complaints.