PTA records 10,000 cyber alerts, escalates 1,500 incidents

Pakistan’s telecom regulator logged over 10,000 cybersecurity alerts in its 2024-25 annual report, with about 1,500 referred for investigation and 534 harmful internet addresses blocked. Profit by Pakistan Today reported that the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority’s monitoring centre also issued 151 advisories and worked with telecom operators on threat responses.

The report says cyber activity intensified in April and May 2025, when more than 112 major incident claims, 25 DDoS attacks and 104 dark-web threats were tracked. Audits of telecom licensees found uneven safeguards: malware protection compliance was 61.1%, while incident-management compliance reached 93.3%. The PTA has updated its telecom security rules and outlined plans for 5G guidance and broader audits in 2025-26.