How Bangladesh agencies are suspected of taking down websites, YouTube channels of dissidents abroad
Spoof websites and false copyright claims are being used to silence critics. Mar 14, 2021 · 07:30 am Police escort Mahmudur Rahman, then acting editor of the daily newspaper Amar Desh, to court in Dhaka in April 11, 2013. | Andrew Biraj/Reuters
On December 8, Oliullah Noman, the executive editor of the newly established online Bengali news website,
Amar Desh UK, received an email from its host DigitalOcean. It started friendly enough – “Hi there” – but its contents were far from it. The email was a notice stating that an article on the website was “the subject of a notification of claimed copyright infringement” under the US law, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. DigitalOcean requested Amar Desh UK to take down the offending article from its website within three days or they “may disable access” to the website.
Facebook Sniffs Out Groups of Hackers Based in Bangladesh, Vietnam
Their accounts and pages were removed from its platform
Vietnam s APT32 lured targets to download Android apps via the Google Play Store,
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Facebook took action against two separate groups of hackers, in Bangladesh and Vietnam, removing their accounts and pages from its platform and sharing information that it uncovered with its industry partners.
Facebook says it disrupted cyber-espionage in Vietnam, Bangladesh cyberscoop.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from cyberscoop.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.