LECTURE-02

ANALYZING CHARACTERS &

DIMENSIONS OF CYBER
CRIMES: IN BANGLADESH
PERSPECTIVE
FAISAL BIN MONIR JONY
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
DEPARTMENT OF LAW
UNIVERSITY OF CHITTAGONG
 CATEGORIES OF CYBER CRIME

o Cyber crimes against persons

o Cyber crimes against property
o Cyber crimes against Organizations
o Cyber crimes against Society

Cyber crimes against persons:

# Hacking, Unauthorized access/ Cyber stalking, spamming, cheating, fraud,
Impersonation/forgery, Loss of Privacy, Transmission of Obscene Material,
Harassment with the use of computer, online drug trafficking, transmitting virus
 CYBER CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY

o Unauthorized Computer Trespassing

o Credit card fraud
o Computer vandalism
o Transmission of harmful programs
o Siphoning of funds from financial institutions
o Stealing secret information & data
o Copyright infringement
 CYBER CRIMES AGAINST GOVT. &
ORGANIZATIONS
o Hacking of Government websites
o Unauthorized access over the network resources & websites
o Exposing indecent materials over the web pages
o Virus attack
o Cyber terrorism
o Vandalizing the infrastructure of the network
CYBER CRIMES AGAINST SOCIETY

oOnline gambling
oTrafficking
oChild Pornography
oIndecent exposure
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oSoftware Piracy : Illegal copying of genuine programs/

counterfeiting and distribution of products
oCyber Stalking; i.e harassing a woman
oPhishing: a technique of pulling out confidential
information from financial institutions.
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oHacking: illegal intrusion into a computer system without

permission of the owner.
oEmail spoofing: email header is forged so that mail appears
to originate from one source but actually has been sent
from another source.
oSpamming: sending multiple copies of unsolicited mails.
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oCyber defamation:
oIntellectual Property crimes: software piracy,
copyright infringement, trade mark violations.
oVirus attack:
oEmail Bombing: to overflow the mail box of a victim
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• Forgery: when a perpetrator alters documents

stored in computerized form
• Cyber terrorism: unlawful threat and attack
• Web jacking: gaining access over the website of
another and changing the content of the website.
 DIMENSION OF CYBER CRIMES IN
BANGLADESH:

• The most common cyber attacks and crimes are listed below in
Bangladesh:
• 1. Blackmailing girl by capturing their nude photographs and video
on the sly and threatening to expose publicly. Such incidents are
caused frequently by their boyfriends and others.
• 2. A number of community websites have been introduced, which
the young girls and boys are using to exchange phone numbers for
Posting hidden videos or even pictures with nudity etc.
DIMENSION OF CYBER CRIMES IN
BANGLADESH:
• 3. Hacking in the website of Bangladesh Computer Society, which took place
after a few days of a 3 day-long ‘Regional Seminar on Cyber Crime’ in Dhaka
(Bangladesh Computer Society Website Hacked By Libyan Hacker, Staff Reporter Shah
Jalal Shimul, DNews, http://www.cnewsvoice.com/DNews.php?NewsID=N000000770,
Last visited 11/11/2009)
• 4. E-mail threatening the current Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina from a
cyber cafe on August 23, 2004. (The Daily Star Web Edition Vol 5 Num
94, see http://archive.thedailystar.net/2004/08/27/d4082701055.htm)
DIMENSION OF CYBER CRIMES IN
BANGLADESH………………………….
• 5. Hacking into the Internet account of Barisal DC office in 2003, the
incident was revealed after the DC office received a heavily bloated
Internet bill and lodged a complaint with the Bangladesh Tar and
Telephone Board (BTTB).
• 6. Hacking took place in the website of Bangladesh Rapid Action Battalion
(RAB) in 2008, during the access to www.rab.gov.bd, the website read:
"Hacked by Shahee_Mirza.
• 7. Hacking the mail of BRAC Bangladesh
DIMENSION OF CYBER CRIMES IN
BANGLADESH………………………….
• 8. Inserting naked pictures to the website of the Bangladesh
National Parliament.
(http://www.thedailystar.net/archive.php?date=2008-09-06,)
• 9. Inserting naked pictures to the website of The Daily
Jugantor.
• 10. E-mail threatening to World Bank Dhaka Office.
 CHARACTERISTICS OF CYBER CRIMES:

oCommitted by People with specialized knowledge

oNo Geographical challenges: In cyberspace the
geographical boundaries reduced to zero. A cyber criminal in
no time sitting in any part of the world commit crime in other
corner of world. For example a hacker sitting in India hack in
the system placed in United States.
oTaking place in the Virtual World
 CHARACTERISTICS OF CYBER CRIMES:

oDifficult in Collection of Evidence:

• It is very difficult to collect evidence of cyber crime and
prove them in court of law due to the nature of cyber
crime. The criminal in cyber crime invoke jurisdiction
of several countries while committing the cyber crime
and at the same time he is sitting some place safe
where he is not traceable.
CHARACTERISTICS OF CYBER CRIMES:

o Magnitude of crime unimaginable: The cyber crime has the

potential of causing injury and loss of life to an extent which cannot
be imagined. The offences like cyber terrorism, cyber pornography
etc. has wide reach and it can destroy the websites, steal data of
the companies in no time.
o Unlawful acts wherein the computer is either a tool or a target
or both:
o Mostly non violent crimes:
Thank You so
much!