Sondha-Niel, Dhaka: We are the people of the third world, and as citizens of sovereign countries our life and security standards are way too low. We fight corruption, poverty, and every bit of things. We have nowhere to hide. On paper, we have developed like no other does but in reality, we are down the lane. In a country where eggs get rotten owing to salt, there's an Information ministry, ministers, Digital systems smart service, and all those things but we get lost every single time. And this is not the first time that The personal information of Bangladeshi people has been exposed. once - again! This data was collected by the National Telecommunication Monitoring Center (NTMC) of Bangladesh._x000D_
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The leaked information includes the citizen's name, occupation, blood group, parents' names, phone number, time spent on various phone calls, vehicle registration number, passport details and fingerprint image._x000D_
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The US-based technology news magazine Wired reported this on Thursday. But, they did not say how much people's information has been taken out of the safety zone._x000D_
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In their report, Wired said, NTMC was exposing the private data of citizens through an open and less secured database linked to their system, and that helps the Undefined hackers who stole that data._x000D_
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Victor Markopoulos works as a security researcher at Cloud Defense, an AI-based company, He found that the database is in an unprotected zone and he informed Wired that the database was stolen on November 12. Not only that. Marcopoulos on November 8, also told Wired that, he informed the Computer Incident Response Team (CIRT) of Bangladesh, The authority which works on cyber security, that all the information was in an unprotected state. And they thanked him after receiving his message. In a return email message to Wired Cirt also mentioned they will bring the matter to the attention of the NTMC._x000D_
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After verifying some of the leaked information, Wired said the information is correct and some of the information seemed a bit experimental and incomplete to them. Security researcher Victor Markopoulos said, "Even if this information is not that sensitive, this could not have happened._x000D_
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Wired on their report also added that the database provides a vast amount of information that answers the 'who, what, how, and when' of citizen communications. Audio records of the telephone conversation were not found there. However, the duration of the talk and the possible caller's number are mentioned there. These data are widely used to understand people's communication and behavior._x000D_
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To prove all these things true and clear Wired contracted with a person and he confirmed that the information including his e-mail, phone number and billing address are real and they are either taken or hacked._x000D_
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