An Assignment on

Bangladesh Cyber Attack Landscape

Course Title: E-Business
Course Code: MGT403

Submitted to:
Israt Jahan Kumkum
Assistant Professor
Department of management
University of Dhaka
Submitted by:
Group-10
Serial No. Name ID
1 Suruvi Akther 21
2 Topu Biswas 32
3 Sadia Afrin Zinnea 35
4 Fatema Dewan 45
5 Sadia Akter 46
6 Sadia Noor Nishi 81

Date of Submission:
SN Name Type Description

1 Night Sky Ransomware Akiz Group, one of the top business group in Bangladesh, was
attacked by ransomware called Night Sky. All the company’s server
files, employee resumes, mail server data, GitLab code base, ERP
system database, all website cPanel data including backups, personal
computer backup files were also leaked to the dark web.

2 AltDOS Ransomware Beximco Group, was attacked by ransomware called AltDOS.

Hundreds of gigabytes of files, databases, their telecom subsidies,
56,000 payment records were leaked from their 34 websites.

3 Wizard Spider malware Information technology firm Digicon Technologies has been attacked
by Russian-based Conti Group, which goes by the alias Wizard Spider.

4 Shurokkha.com DDoS Earlier, foreign hackers launched Distributed Denial-of-Service

(DDoS) cyber-attacks on the national Covid-19 vaccine registration
app "Surokkha"."They created a phishing site called 'Shurokkha.com'
to steal people's personal information but we were able to successfully
thwart the attempt," said the state minister.

5 Malware and DDoS • February 2016: Hackers stole $81 million from Bangladesh
Bank through a sophisticated cyberheist. The attackers exploited
vulnerabilities in the SWIFT messaging system to manipulate transfer
orders. This incident remains one of the largest cyberattacks in history.
• The attackers gained access to the Bangladesh Bank's network
through phishing emails that tricked employees into downloading
malware.
• This malware allowed the hackers to steal login credentials
and spy on the bank's internal operations.
6 Malware/Phishing Adarsha, a renowned Bangladeshi publishing house that had its
verified Facebook page hijacked. Hackers edited Adarsha's posts,
replaced them with ads, and even changed the page's name and cover
photo.

7 DDoS On 3 July, a hacker group claimed a DDoS attack on Bangladeshi

transportation service for 1 hour making the website unavailable for
the mentioned time.

8 DDoS On June 21, 2023, the group claimed a DDoS attack on the website of
Bangladeshi military organization.