Cybercrime - Bangladesh Perspective

Cyber crime:
a new challenge for law

enforcers!
Md Shah Alam
Superintendent of Police
Bangladesh Police
A cyber-crime is estimated to take
place every 20 seconds...
 Over
500,000 web pages contain
some form of hacker tool
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New concept of global
citizenship:
 Cybercitizenship
 Cyber ethics
 Netiquette"
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What is Cyber crime: Definition (1)
Council of Europe
Criminal offences committed

against or with the help of
computer networks
Offence against the

confidentiality, integrity and
availability of computer data and
systems.
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Cyber Crime Convention
http://conventions.coe.int/Treaty/en/Treaties/Html/
185.htm
 Offences against computer data and
systems
- Illegal access
- Illegal interception
- Data interference
- System interference
- Misuse of devices
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Cyber Crime Convention
http://conventions.coe.int/Treaty/en/Treaties/Html/18
5.htm
 Computer related offences
- Computer-related forgery
- Computer-related fraud
- Offences related to child pornography
- Offences related to infringements of
copyright and related rights
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What is Cyber crime : Definition (3)
 General crimes by using new
technologies
- Defamation
 New crimes using Internet-based
technologies
- Fraud on on-line trade
 Attacks upon the computer systems and
networks themselves
- Illegal access
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Major Cybercrimes
 Unauthorised access to a computer system
 Unauthorised access to data or
information
 Introduces or causes to introduce viruses
 Tampering with computer source
documents
 Cause Damage to Computer system or
causes any disruption
 Denies access to any person authorised to
access the computer system
 Spread of viruses
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Hacker Traits:
• Curiosity and/or desire to learn

• Gang mentality
• Psychological needs
• Misguided trust in other individuals
• Altruistic reasons
• Revenge and malicious reasons
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Why do hackers hack?
• Emotional issues
• Desire to embarrass the target
• Joyriding
• Scorekeeping
• Espionage (industrial, political)
• Because they can…
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Targets:
 Financial data  Theft, modification or

sale, blackmail
 Theft, sale, personal
 Intellectual gain
Property
 Personal data  Modification, sale
 System Access  Sabotage, backdoors,

exploitation
What the law of Bangladesh
says:
 if a person intentionally causes loss
or damage to any other person or
organisation by any act which
destroys, deletes or alters any
information residing in a computer
resource or diminishes its value or
utility or affects it by any means,
would be considered to have
engaged in hacking.
What makes us difficult to
investigate cybercrime?
 Increase in the number of
cyber crime
 HARDLY imagined what happens
 Lack of resources
 Trained investigators
 Equipments
 The nature of the Internet
 Speed of Cybercrime
 Damage of Cybercrime
 Transnational nature of cyberspace
 Volatility nature of digital evidence
The Bangladesh Scenario
 Malicious Mail to Foreign Diplomatic
Mission and Other VIPs
 Pornography
 Use of e-mail for illegal activities
 Use of Internet for transmitting false and
malicious information
 Use of Internet for Prostitution
 Use of Internet for Women & Child
Trafficking
Illegal Prostitution Promotion Sites from
Bangladesh
 Search result from Google
 Bangladesh Escorts: Free Personals and Reviews of Bangladesh

...
 Welcome to Bangladesh Escort Agency. It is an adult entertainment
agency of Dhaka, Bangladesh that specializes in providing
personalized fun and ...
www.sexyescortads.com/escorts/female/bangladesh/ - 61k -
Cached - Similar pages
 Dhaka Escorts
 escort girls available for you in Dhaka, Bangladesh. ... Hey this is
Rafi from Dhaka Bangladesh.Independent male escort for the
lonely, bored of life ladies ...
www.sexyescortads.com/search/Dhaka_escorts.html - 34k - Cached
- Similar pages
Illegal Prostitution Promotion Sites from
Bangladesh
 Search results(2115 profiles in BANGLADESH)

 http://www.hornymatches.com/geolist.php
 ISHURDI BANGLADESH Independent
Escorts, Escort Agency, and Massage ...
 ISHURDI SexyDepo.com has independent
escorts and massage providers in Bangladesh
and International. We have several regions in
Barisal, Bhola, Bogra, ...
maine.topescortreview.com/html/area/Banglade
sh/ Bangladesh-ISHURDI-escorts-escort-
massage-incall-outcall.htm - 17k - Cached -
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e – Readiness for Police
 The various government across the

globe are investing to bring the
Police Force to meet the challenges
of the Borderless Cyber Crime,
 Government of Bangladesh has also
taken to make the Police Force e-
Ready.
ICT Law in Bangladesh
•ICT Act 2006
•Amendment of
Telecommunication Act 2001
ICT Act 2006
 Eliminates barriers to e-commerce,
 Promotes legal and business
infrastructures to secure e-
transactions,
 Facilitates electronic filing in
government agencies and
 Ensures efficient delivery of
electronic records from government
offices
ICT Act 2006
 Help maintain the latest technology by
freeing it from nuisance as punitive
provisions Publishing obscene or
defamatory information in electronic form
 The law ensures five years imprisonment
and a fine of up to Taka 5 crore for
offenders for the first conviction and that
could be extended to 10 years
imprisonment and Taka 10 crore as fine
for each subsequent offence of the same
nature.
ICT Act 2006
 Powers of Police Officers and Other

Officers
 Establishment of Cyber Appellate
Tribunal
Special Provisions for LEA
under Amended Telecom Act
 Telecom Service Providers including
Internet service providers are considered
as intermediaries
 All such Service Providers to maintain log
of all their customers.
 Such data to be produced on demand by
Service Providers to any designated
enquiry officer from Law Enforcement
Agency (LEA)
How could we co-operate each
other regionally or internationally?
1. By exchanging information
@
2. By building investigation
capability
3. By arranging Regional
Working Parties
Working Parties on IT Crimes may concentrate :
 Cooperation, sharing of knowledge and

practical experience
 Promotion of standardization of methods
 Establish good practice guidelines
Recommendations
 Cooperation, sharing of knowledge and

practical experience
 Promotion of standardization of methods
 Establish good practice guidelines
 To share the current crime scenes
 Establishment of digital forensic laboratory
for investigation and detection of cyber
crime.
 To train trainers or teachers on IT crime
investigation
Recommendations
 Usage of Interpol Criminal

Information System and Interpol
Secure Web Site
https://www.interpol.int
 Effective usage of National Central
Reference Points
 To initiate IT related projects.
Conclusion
Act as Global police rather than Regional or
national police to fight against cyber crime
Rise of cyber crime insists the law

enforcers to work as global police
rather than regional or national
police only. Citizens of 21st
centuries need to fight together
against their common enemies. The
Police Force through global
partnership need be able to meet the
challenges of the technology to curb
all crimes including Cyber Crime.
Any
Questions?

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Cyber crime:

a new challenge for law

Criminal offences committed

Offence against the

• Curiosity and/or desire to learn

 Financial data  Theft, modification or

 System Access  Sabotage, backdoors,

 Bangladesh Escorts: Free Personals and Reviews of Bangladesh

 Search results(2115 profiles in BANGLADESH)

 The various government across the

•ICT Act 2006

 Powers of Police Officers and Other

 Cooperation, sharing of knowledge and

 Cooperation, sharing of knowledge and

 Usage of Interpol Criminal

Rise of cyber crime insists the law

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