Twenty Website of Bangladeshi District Hacked which Was Maintain by Prime Minister Office

Twenty Bangladeshi district website has been hacked on Saturday, March 20, 2010. Thais Twenty district website out of Sixty Four district was hacked. Thais website is operated by Prime Minister's Office under a project of "Access to Information (A2I) Project"

The hacker(s) claimed to be Indian and threatened Bangladesh to take steps to stop entering Pakistani terrorist to India using Bangladesh as a transit point. If Bangladesh failed to do so, they also threatened to start cyber war targeting Bangladeshi Internet Communication.

In a query from The Daily Start Newspaper,

Home Secretary Abdus Sobhan Sikder said they have already restored the websites and cyber-crime experts in Rab and Special Branch of Police are working to detect the hackers. He also added that Earlier such incidents took place but the hackers were detected. Now he also hopeful of tracing the hackers on this incidents.

The text on the hacked sites reads, "Secure border between INDIA and BANGLADESH If any terrorist send by Pakistan came via Bangladesh route then I will be danger to YOU Cyber War will be started this is demo We don't want more 26/11 in India. GOVERMENT LOOK AT IT ELSE CYBER WAR WILL START ....WE ROOTED AND ----- YOUR ISP ! " "EMIL INDIAN HACKER HackeD Your System [sic]."

After the sites were hacked they flashed some Hindi letters and "JAI HIND!".

In instant reactions, Yeafesh Osman, state minister for science and ICT, told The Daily Star that the related body has started working to get the sites back up. He also added that hackers broke into system to get secret information. -The Daily Star News.

Lt Col Ziaul Ahsan, director intelligence wing of the Rapid Action Battalion, said, "We have been informed of the matter and are working to track down the hackers."

Earlier Website of RAB Hacked by a Young Boy Studying in a Private University. That boy also hacked Bangladesh Military Website. That was another story.

Actually This is not a Hacking Incident. In Bangladesh, Government Start any Project by Tender. After finishing the Tender Job, the Contractor get paid. Just after few day the job is done, there is nobody to maintain or check the status of project. In Internet, websites own by Government is not the same project like others. There is various issue related to security, access, responsibility and accountability. Also usability. This seems that the said 'Hacker' run few scripts available in Internet. This scripts normally scan a vulnerable service and gain access. This is a simple job. But Bangladesh Government Should Take The Incident seriously. this is the beginning. Nobody can say where it will stop. So BE CAREFULLY.

Ahamed Bauani

Freelance ICT Consultant &

Complex Internet Routing Expert.

http://blog.bauani.org/

Update: Meeting on Cyber Security Held on Bangladesh Prime Ministers Office (PMO)