Pakistan Launches Its Own Messaging App ‘Beep Pakistan’: All Details – News18

Pakistan has introduced the launch of its personal prompt messaging app — Beep Pakistan. The ‘Beep Pakistan’ app has been developed by Pakistan’s IT ministry in collaboration with the nation’s National Information Technology Board (NITB).

During the launch of Beep Pakistan, Pakistan’s IT minister Aminul Haque talked about that the nation’s first communication app is at the moment present process a 30-day trial interval. After the profitable trial on the authorities degree, the applying will even be open for the plenty after one 12 months.

He additionally mentioned that the Beep Pakistan utility includes options together with doc sharing, secured messaging, fast audio, video and convention calls.

According to Haque, the app goals to mitigate potential cyberattacks, guaranteeing that delicate authorities communication is healthier protected.

Baber Majid Bhatti, the CEO of the National Information Technology Board, mentioned that the app will assist optimise communication and effectivity inside authorities departments.

“Beep Pakistan is a transformative platform that will revolutionise the way our government operates through seamless collaboration between ministries, offering data-driven decision-making for policymakers, and enhanced services to citizens” on a secured platform, Bhatti mentioned.

The IT minister said that Beep Pakistan shops person information on native servers supervised by the National IT Board. This ensures no audio or video leaks. “The app’s security benefit lies in its server and supply code being in Pakistan, making it 100 per cent safe,” Haque said.

Meanwhile, security researchers in India recently raised concerns regarding the security of the Indian army and prominent educational institutions in the country, such as IITs and NITs.

They have raised an alarm after uncovering a series of cyber attacks conducted by a notorious Pakistan-based hacker group known as Transparent Tribe.

According to researchers, the subdivision of the Transparent Tribe, generally known as SideCopy, has additionally been recognized as focusing on an Indian protection Organisation. Their modus operandi includes testing a website internet hosting malicious recordsdata, doubtlessly to function a phishing web page.