Shell Haxor
Attribution profile
- Type
- Activist
- Location
- Pakistan
- Known incidents
- 1 incident
- Sources
- 4 sources
- First seen
- 2014-06-21
- Last seen
- 2014-06-21
- Updated
- 2026-10-12 23:20
- Aliases
- 1 alias
STIX characteristics
Threat actor characteristics are available to members.
Profile narrative
Shell Haxor, also known as the Pakistan Haxors Crew, is a hacktivist group based in Pakistan that conducts website defacements to convey political messages. The group targets government and public sector websites in Pakistan, India, and Nepal, including the Pakistan Electric Power Company Limited site, Pakistan Television’s official portal, West Bengal’s Public Health Engineering Department, and Nepal’s Community Irrigation Program. Their activities are motivated by protests against police brutality, political statements, and broader geopolitical grievances rather than financial gain or espionage. The primary tactic observed is defacing web pages with protest slogans and political commentary; no malware, specific initial access vectors, or tooling details are described in the available sources. No explicit state sponsorship or criminal consortium affiliation is publicly attributed to the group. Representative operations include the June 2014 defacement of pepco.gov.pk, the September 2014 PTV website defacement, and the February 2014 targeting of the Indian Public Health Engineering Department site.
Incidents
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1 incidentSources
Sources available to members: 4 sources.