Cyber Threat Actor: Team Insane PK

Team Insane PK, also operating under aliases Insane PK and PK Insane, is a Pakistan-based hacktivist group known for conducting cyber operations primarily against Indian targets. The group’s activities focus on disrupting critical government infrastructure and corporate entities, with a consistent pattern of attacks timed amid geopolitical tensions between India and Pakistan. Their operations have targeted police departments, municipal services, educational institutions, and private businesses, demonstrating a preference for high-visibility sectors that impact public services and national sentiment. Strategic objectives center on service disruption and symbolic messaging rather than financial gain or data theft, leveraging attacks to amplify political or religious grievances linked to regional conflicts.

The group employs distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks and website defacements as primary tactics, overwhelming target servers with traffic to cause outages or replacing content with inflammatory messages. Notable campaigns include a May 2023 DDoS operation that disrupted 23 Indian police websites across multiple states, significantly hindering public access to law enforcement services. During the 2023 G20 Summit hosted by India, they targeted Delhi Police and Mumbai Police websites, causing extended downtime amid heightened security concerns. In 2024, they defaced Burger Singh’s website in response to a promotional code controversy, leaving digital graffiti that the company temporarily retained. A 2025 attack on the Army College of Nursing’s website featured defacement referencing the two-nation theory, underscoring their use of cyber operations for ideological signaling. While sources attribute their activities to Pakistan and describe religious or political motivations, no explicit state nexus or formal criminal affiliations are publicly documented. Their operations reflect persistent targeting of Indian cyberspace, often triggering retaliatory actions by Indian hacktivist groups.