The ICT Division on Monday formed a probe-body to look into the incident of leaking sensitive personal information of the country's huge number of citizens from the website of a government organization.
State Minister for ICT Division Zunaid Ahmed Palak told journalists after an emergency meeting with representatives of 29 critical information infrastructures at the ICT Tower in the city's Agargaon area.
Digital Security Agency's director general will head the committee, said the state minister.
The committee will have to submit the probe report within seven days next, said Palak.
Besides, a standing committee will be formed to regularly monitor cyber incidents.
On June 27, Researcher Viktor Markopoulos from Bitcrack Cyber Security accidentally discovered the leak that showed that the personal information of around 50 million Bangladeshis, including their full names, phone numbers, email addresses, and NID numbers, is openly accessible on a government website.
Markopoulos promptly informed the Bangladeshi e-Government Computer Incident Response Team (CIRT).
Markopoulos revealed that the leaked data comprises the details of millions of Bangladeshi citizens. Shockingly, anyone can visit the website and find citizens' names, dates of birth, and NID numbers by simply conducting a Google search.
