The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

One of the main RAB website hackers, Shahee Mirza, said that nobody should use his acquired computer skills in such criminal activities like hacking of important Government or private websites.

He told this correspondent at the RAB Headquarters yesterday when asked to explain the motive behind the website intrusion.

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a midnight raid at a mess in the city's Mirpur area detained four suspects, Shahee Mirza, Md Istiaque, Zahidul Hossain and Towhidul Islam, for their involvement in the recent hacking of its website.

Unknown saboteurs hacked into the RAB website (www.rab.gov.bd) Friday night and created serious doubts among the people about the venerability of Government's classified information at the hands of few foolish experts.

"Hackers are no criminals, but they happen to be at least ten times better than your (RAB) experts. You guys can't even perceive how meritorious we are," Mirza posted on the page on Friday.

Director General of RAB Hasan Mahmud Khandaker, said when the Government was implementing E-governance and E-commence some miscreants tried to destroy it. The elite force is well equipped to deal with any possible cyber crime. He said at a press briefing at RAB Headquarters yesterday.

RAB media wing Director Abul Kalam Azad told the New Nation that they picked up four persons from a Mirpur residence Saturday night. The arrested claimed they were second-year students of a private institution.

Shahee, 'leader' of the arrested youths, confessed to their hacking other sites belonging to different organisations as well.

He also owned the name and e-mail address he had posted after hacking the RAB site.

As people entered the website of the elite security force Friday night, they found the words 'Hacked by Shahee Mirza' posted there.

The hacker alleged that the Government had not taken adequate measures to develop IT sector in the country, though it had passed laws to prevent cyber crimes.

Hacker Shahee claimed in the message he left on the site: "You don't know what cyber security is and you don't know how to protect it yourselves either."

He boasted of hacking at least 22 other sensitive websites till date.

He said, "I did not create any software but used hacker CD to destroy the websites, he claimed.

RAB MIS wing chief Moyeen told the New Nation that a case, the first of its kind, was filed against these amateur hackers.