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Pakistan temporarily banned social media. Pakistan government on Friday ordered 4 hours-long shutdown of social media and instant messaging platforms after days of violent anti-France protests. It comes a day after French nationals and companies in Pakistan were advised by their embassy to temporarily leave in the wake of rallies led by an extremist party that paralyzed large parts of the country and left two police officers dead. In a notice to the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), the Interior Ministry requested a “complete blocking” of Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp, YouTube and Telegram until the middle of the afternoon. Pakistan authorities have used strategic social media bans and cuts to mobile service in the past in an attempt to head off major protests. Earlier this week Pakistan banned the Islamist group Tehrik-i-Labaik Pakistan after arresting its leader, which prompted protests, according to local media reports. Thousands of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) supporter

MobiKwik Indian user data leak Reportedly MobiKwik exposed the KYC details and personal information of its close to 3.5 million users. All of this information is on sale for 1.5 Bitcoin, which is near equals to $85,000, according to reports. The company, however, has denied any such breach. According to a security researcher, on the 29th of March, the well-known digital wallet and payment company Mobikwik had been leaked on the dark web. the data breach leaked sensitive information. Payment app MobiKwik on Monday came under news headlines for an alleged data leak that has exposed close to 8.2 terabytes(TB) of data. These include the user’s Know-Your-Customer (KYC) details, Aadhar card, phone number, address, and other personal information. About 3.5 million users worry not only their credit and debit card details are available on the dark web. But their Mobikwik account number details, names, email addresses, passwords, GPS location, and mobile phone details like IMEI have also been h