While Indian and Pakistani troops continue to face-off along the border, hackers from both countries have taken it upon themselves to battle it out in cyberspace. The recent spate of cyber-attacks began on Wednesday, when a group that call themselves the Indian Hackers Online Squad hacked the official website of the Pakistan People’s Party.

The attack took over the PPP’s website, posting derogatory messages aimed at Bilawal Bhutto, the party’s chairman. The group made reference to recent remarks made by Bhutto in which he claimed Pakistan would reclaim the entire territory of Jammu and Kashmir from India.

 

Pakistani hackers were quick to strike back on Thursday, as they disabled the Press Club of India’s website and proceeded to deface it with cartoons and messages aimed at Prime Minister Modi.


Indian hackers immediately took down the Pakistan Railways website, once again directing their cyber fury at Bilawal Bhutto for his remarks on Kashmir.


Small skirmishes have continued throughout the week, with Twitter users on either side of the border taking it upon themselves to join the online battle. In a barrage of angry tweets, users in Pakistan hurled hashtags like #CowardModi and #SayNoToBollywood, only to be welcomed by responses like #PakDar and #BuzdilPakistan from eager Indian Twitter users.

The exchange of online vitriol took a bizarre turn when Pakistani hackers targeted the website of popular Malayalam film actor, Mohanlal. The justification for the attack? Hackers cited an incident this past September in which Prime Minister Modi mistakenly referred to "Mohanlal Karamchand Gandhi," in a speech in which he meant to credit Mahatma Gandhi.



Not to be undone, a group of hackers identifying themselves as The Mallu Soldiers quickly hacked the website of Lahore’s National University of Modern Languages, as well as that of energy company, Pepco Pakistan.