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| Bangladesh |
| Cyber sleuths probing FB post that sparked anti-Hindu violence |
| 2016-11-03 |
| [Dhaka Tribune] The Counter-Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit has begun probing the origin of the Facebook post that sparked the large scale communal violence against Hindus in Brahmanbaria on Sunday. Alimuzzaman, deputy commissioner of the CTTC unit’s cyber crime team, told the Dhaka Tribune that they have already started gathering information during the primary stages of the investigation. Another cyber crime team under the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) is also helping with the probe, CID sources said. The offending message, depicting Lord Shiva sitting atop the Kaaba, went up from the account of 30-year-old Rasraj Das on Friday. However, if you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning... the illiterate youth stated in his latest post early on Saturday morning that he had no knowledge of how this photo originated from his account. Rasraj said he apologises to "Moslem brothers" and was only made aware of the post when his friends told him about it. Why does an illiterate youth have a Facebook account? What does he do with it? Rasraj deleted the post early Saturday. Later that same day Rasraj was beaten up by locals and handed over to the police. On Sunday, a mob wrecked over 100 Hindu homesteads of Nasirnagar and vandalised more than a dozen temples, injuring about 100, instigated by local radical Islamist groups. The attacks took place following a meeting of local Moslems who had gathered on Nasirnagar playground Sunday morning to demand justice for the blasphemous Facebook post. The attack was similar to that on the Buddhist community in Cox’s Bazar in 2012, which was also sparked by a fake Facebook post. Mizanur Rahman, superintendent of police of Brahmanbaria, told the Dhaka Tribune: "Everything will become clear after the investigation is over." Dr AKM Ashikur Rahman of Buet’s computer science and engineering department, said people are vulnerable to Facebook hacking if they log in from shared computers. "It is easy to verify Rasraj’s claim of his account being hacked by tracking the IP from which the post was made," Prof Rahman said. "Hackers could easily get hold of widely available software to gain access to accounts or send game requests, with malware, on Facebook which allows the hacker access to a computer if the target activates the link." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 It's being literate that makes ME do that, Ship... |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2016-11-03 16:48 |
| #1 Why does an illiterate youth have a Facebook account? What does he do with it? Spits at the monitor. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2016-11-03 14:04 |