Cyberattacks in Pakistan

This research creates the first dataset on cyberattacks reported in Pakistan. This novel dataset uses secondhand data collected from newspaper articles, journals, and government reports. The timeline is 2008–2022. The dataset has a sample size of 38. Every effort was made to collect all the reports on cyberattacks in Pakistan, but this research does not claim that every cyberattack reported in Pakistan is included in this dataset. Most cyberattacks reported have two sources, but a few cyberattacks reported only had one source. The dataset includes information on the target, month, year, type of attack, affiliation, target category, system vulnerability, software used, data sold, financial loss reported, the sources of the cyberattack reported, and the title of the newspaper article or report. The codebook explains all the columns in detail.