Watch: Several websites displaying quota reform messages hacked in Bangladesh
Cyber attack
As per reports, the websites were replaced with a page that showed messages related to the quota reform along with a picture of the ongoing protest
Several websites in Bangladesh including those of the Bangladesh government, PM Office and the president’s office Bangabhaban were hacked following protest against quotas in government jobs on Tuesday, reports said.
As per reports, the websites were replaced with a page that showed messages related to the quota reform along with a picture of the ongoing protest.
“Hacked by Bangladesh,” the title of the page said.
Reportedly, there have also been a number of attempts to hack the National Portal for quite a few days. The websites of home ministry, education ministry and agriculture ministry and the same of public service commission (PSC) were found hacked around 12am Wednesday.
Telecommunications and Information Technology (ICT) Minister Mustafa Jabbar said that the intelligent department was in process of solving the issue and find the ones responsible for the cyber attack.
Thousands of students staged a protest across Bangladesh which started on Sunday against discriminatory quotas for government jobs in favor of special groups which also left 100 students injured at the country’s top university left after clashes.
Hundreds of university students across Bangladesh blockaded roads on Tuesday in the third day of protests against what they say are discriminatory quotas for government jobs. Students took to the streets in Dhaka and elsewhere despite assurances from the government that it would review the controversial quota system.