Two teenage boys accused of hacking Pakistan Supreme Court's website have claimed that they were consulted for the purpose by a cyber criminal based in India, a media report said on Wednesday.
The boys -- Saim Ali Shah and Salal Ali Shah -- who allegedly hacked the website last month were arrested at Kohat in the country's northwest after they were traced by investigators using advanced technology.
The investigators said it was "disturbing that the crime had been committed in collusion with an Indian national," Dawn newspaper quoted unnamed sources as saying.
The boys defaced the apex court's insignia by placing currency notes on the scales of justice and inserted derogatory and abusive remarks against the judiciary while hacking the website on September 29.
After the Supreme Court's information technology section reported the matter to the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority, it was taken up by the Cyber Crime Wing of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA).
Investigators then traced and arrested the boys, who are members of the "Cyber Army and Pak Bugs."
The boys were also allegedly involved in the recent hacking of the Cyber Crime Wing's website.
Cyber crimes have been on the rise in Pakistan since the lapse of a cyber crime ordinance about a year ago.
There are no signs that the government intends to re-promulgate the ordinance and most criminals go unpunished by taking advantage of the absence of a law.
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