Cybercrime and Its Impact in Bangladesh

Presented by:

Md. Tanvir Hasan

Md. Azizul Haque

Taranna Ansar

Naznin Akther Runa

Belal Hossain

Cybercrime and Its Impact in Bangladesh

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Cybercrime and Its Impact in Bangladesh

OBJECTIVES

• Types of cybercrime with the profile of cyber criminals and victims;• Impact of cybercrime against individuals;• Impact of cybercrime against organizations;• Impact of cybercrime against the Government; • Necessary Legislations in Bangladesh to tackle Cybercrime.

The overall purpose of the study was to identify the impact of cybercrime in Bangladesh with regard to

technological enhancement

METHODOLOGY

• Literature Review (secondary source of information; journals, reports etc.)

• In-depth interviews were made with the Manager and others of Cybercafé.

• Focus Group Discussion with the students of private university.• Key Informant Interview with the Member of Cybercrime unit.

By design, this is an exploratory type of qualitative study attempts to unearth the in-depth of cybercrime in

Bangladesh

LIMITATIONS

• The duration of the study was very short. More in-depth investigation would have resulted better outputs;

• Lack of resources has hampered the study to some extent;

• Access to information is very difficult. In most cases, concerned persons were very rigid to share adequate information.

The study has suffered certain limitations as below:

TYPES OF CYBERCRIME WITH THE PROFILE OF

CYBER CRIMINALS AND VICTIMS AND REASONS • Types of Cybercrime

– Hacking– Virus Dissemination – Software Piracy– Pornography– Credit Card Fraud

• Reasons of cybercrime– Easy to access – Complex – Loss of evidence

TYPES OF CYBERCRIME WITH THE PROFILE OF

CYBER CRIMINALS AND VICTIMS AND REASONS • Profile of Cyber Criminals

– Children and adolescents between the age group of 6 to 18 years

– Organized hackers – Professional hackers / crackers – Discontented employees

• Victims of Cybercrime – Desperados and greedy people – Gullible– Unskilled and Inexperienced – Unlucky people

IMPACT OF CYBERCRIME AGAINST INDIVIDUALS • Impacts against individuals

– Harassment via e-mails– Cyber-stalking – Pornography – Defamation – E- mail spoofing – Fraud & Cheating

• Impacts against individuals property– Computer vandalism– Transmitting virus/worms – Web jacking – Internet time thefts – Intellectual Property crimes / Distribution of pirated software

IMPACT OF CYBERCRIME AGAINST ORGANIZATIONS

• Unauthorized control/access over computer system

• Possession of unauthorized information

• Software Pirate and Copyright

• Financial Institutions are at risk

IMPACT OF CYBERCRIME AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT

• Cyber terrorism against the government organization

• Trafficking

NECESSARY LEGISLATIONS IN BANGLADESH TO TACKLE CYBERCRIME

• ICT ACT 2006

• Cyber Appellate Tribunal

• Cyber Tribunal

RECOMMENDATIONS

• Clear and self-explanatory Standard Operating Procedure to be imposed immediately for the Cybercrime Unit;

• A comprehensive induction program should be developed for all the concerns of ICT and implement it as pilot basis;

• A separate Cybercrime Protection Act should be enacted;

• There must be a clear operating procedure to run Cybercafé and VOIP in Bangladesh.

Questions?