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MNA Science & Technology Desk: The Bangladesh authorities have unblocked online multiplayer game Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds or PUBG shortly after blocking it at the request of police following complaints by parents of adolescent players. Post and Telecommunication Minister Mustafa Jabbar disclosed the development on Facebook on Friday night after an officer of Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s Cyber Security and Crime Division, in another post in the afternoon, announced the ban. “The PUBG users who were unhappy with the blockade will be delighted to know that it is no longer blocked,” the minister wrote. “The game has been unblocked because the government ...

MNA Business Desk: A team of Bangladesh Bank officials and lawyers will sit with the Filipino defendants of a case over the central bank cyber-heist to recover the stolen funds. The delegation will depart for the Philippines next week as part of the government’s continued efforts to recover the stolen reserves, said the central bank’s chief counsel Ajmalul Hossain QC. He too would be a part of the team, the lawyer told reporters in Dhaka on Monday, reports bdnews24.com. Their visit to the Philippines will aim to “recover the stolen funds through a settlement after discussion”, according to Hossain. “We ...

MNA Science & Technology Desk: Bangladesh has been found the sixth least cyber-secure among 60 countries covered in a study. Around 35.91 per cent mobile phones and 19.07 per cent computers of the country were attacked by malware in 2018, said the study conducted by UK-based research firm Comparitecha. In terms of overall performance, Bangladesh has scored 47.21 points, followed by Pakistan with 47.10 points, the study showed. Apart from the percentage of attacks during 2018, the study was also based on seven categories (national strategy, military, content, privacy, critical infrastructure, commerce, and crime). Comparitecha ranked a total of 60 ...

MNA Science & Technology Desk: The incidents of cyber attacks continue to rise at different commercial and service-providing outlets in the country despite taking various preventive measures. As the country achieved a good progress especially on socioeconomic front in the era of digitisation, the number of cyber related incidents is also rising. Due to a leap in information technology-related crimes, the issue of cyber security has become a matter of serious concern to most of relevant government and private entities. According to state-run Bangladesh e-Government Computer Incident Response Team (BGD e-Gov CIRT) under the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information ...

MNA Business Desk: The Federal Reserve will lend a hand to Bangladesh’s central bank as it sues to recoup losses from one of the world’s largest cyber heists, even while the Philippine bank targeted by the lawsuit on Friday called it baseless and beyond US jurisdiction. The New York Fed’s formal agreement to provide “technical assistance” could spell some relief for Bangladesh Bank and sets the stage for its long-promised litigation over the February 2016 heist of $81 million, of which only $15 million has been recovered. Unidentified hackers pulled off the heist by breaching Bangladesh’s systems and using the ...

MNA Sports Desk: Pyeongchang Winter Olympics organizers confirmed on Sunday that the Games had fallen victim to a cyber attack during Friday’s opening ceremony, but they refused to reveal the source. The Games’ systems, including the internet and television services, were affected by the hack two  days ago but organizers said it had not compromised any critical part of their operations. “Maintaining secure operations is our purpose,” said International Olympic Committee (IOC) spokesman Mark Adams. “We are not going to comment on the issue. It is one we are dealing with. We are making sure our systems are secure and ...

MNA Business Desk: A chain of remarkable cyber attacks against banks has amplified fears for industries becoming an attractive aim for hackers. Banks in Bangladesh, the Philippines, Vietnam and Ecuador have been abused over the past year in the attacks on the international interbank service known as SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication). Cyber security experts said that these attacks are likely just the tip of the iceberg, and expect more exposes. “Cyber criminals are no longer targeting grandmothers at home for small amounts, but going directly where the money is.” said Juan Andres Guerrero-Saade, a researcher with the ...

MNA Technology Desk: The risks of cyber attack are on the rise because perpetrators have the edge and are highly motivated and it has become more challenging to reduce the risks of cyber attacks. Individuals and organized hackers take advantage of the sloppy security measures, leaving millions of dollars and personal information ripe for the picking. If you or your business hasn’t been the victim of a cyber attack, count your blessings, but don’t think you can maintain your immunity forever. There are certain mistakes that organizations commonly make for which they tend to suffer most in the form of ...

MNA National Desk: According to report, Sonali Bank cyber theft is being probed by Bangladesh Government in 2013 for links to the heist at BB. Bangladeshi law enforcement agency are reviewing a nearly forgotten 2013 cyber heist at the nation’s largest commercial bank, Sonali Bank for connections to February’s $81 million heist at the country’s central bank, Bangladesh Bank, a senior police official said on Wednesday. The unexplained theft of $250,000 at Sonali Bank complicated fraudulent transmission requests sent over the SWIFT international payments network. It is not widely known outside of Bangladesh, and in fact was preserved as a ...