The Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) cybercrime wing had disclosed on Thursday that the National Database and Registration Authority’s (Nadra) biometric data had been hacked while fake SIMs were being exported. FIA Cybercrime Wing Additional Director Tariq Pervez made the revelation during a briefing to the National Assembly Standing Committee on Information Technology and Telecommunication, about Nadra’s biometric data. “During the SIM verification process involving biometric data, Nadra’s biometric system is compromised,” he said, without giving a further description.
