Tell us how you did it, Pakistan court to hackers
April 12th, 2011 - 12:43 pm ICT by IANSIslamabad, April 12 (IANS) Hackers would be granted bail if they taught judges how to do the job, Pakistan’s Supreme Court said in a lighter vein as it heard the bail plea of two teenagers who had broken into the Supreme Court website last year.
The Supreme Court then granted bail to the two teenagers who are accused of hacking its official website and placing derogatory material about judiciary and the chief justice on it, Dawn reported Tuesday.
The bench, comprising Justices Asif Saeed Khan Khosa and Amir Hani Muslim, was headed by Justice Javed Iqbal.
The judges said the hackers had done a “brilliant job”.
Their counsel Iftikhar Hussain Gilani promptly said they had not hacked the site.
To which, the judges asked Gilani why he was not ready to accept praise for the hackers.
They then said in a lighter vein they would grant bail on the condition that the accused taught them how to do such a job.
The judges, however, observed that it was not just the issue of hacking, the hackers had also deprived the people and visitors to the website of general information and information regarding fixation of cases.
They also observed that highly objectionable material had been placed on the website.
Gilani claimed the site had not been hacked by the teenagers but by some Indians.
- Teenaged hacker jailed in China - May 04, 2012
- Court quashes summons against Yahoo for lack of evidence (Lead) - Mar 02, 2012
- Man accused of defaming Zardari online, hacking website sent to jail - Apr 16, 2011
- Pakistan Supreme Court's website hacked - Sep 30, 2010
- Gilani contempt verdict to be announced April 26 - Apr 24, 2012
- Foul content on websites hurts religious Indians, court told (Lead) - Feb 14, 2012
- Pakistan president's website hacking case adjourned - Apr 14, 2011
- Nupur Talwar moves apex court, challenges bail rejection - May 02, 2012
- High court grants bail to two Malegaon blast accused - Aug 03, 2011
- Notice issued to Delhi Police on Yahoo plea - Jan 20, 2012
- Gilani, in Supreme Court, backs Zardari (Evening Lead) - Jan 19, 2012
- Court puts off hearing on Google, Facebook pleas (Lead) - Jan 19, 2012
- Court refuses to stay summons against Google, Facebook - Feb 16, 2012
- Gilani's appearance great day for Pakistan: Judge - Jan 19, 2012
- Website content: Google, Facebook plea to be heard Aug 7 (Lead) - May 03, 2012
Tags: amir, bail plea, bench, brilliant job, chief justice, dawn, derogatory material, fixation, gilani, hackers, hani, indians, javed, judiciary, khosa, muslim, objectionable material, pakistan court, supreme court, two teenagers