Bangladesh Meteorological Department’s (BMD) Website Hacked

December 6, 2024

INCIDENT

The Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) website was hacked and was down for over two hours before it was recovered. "We've successfully recovered the website after the hack. We don't know who is involved in the hacking. The authorities are now checking if any damage was done to the server," Monowar Hossain, a meteorologist at BMD, told The Daily Star.

The users were unable to access the site for two hours and 27 minutes this morning. The hackers left a message saying: "HACKED BY ODIYAN911. TE4M UCC INDIAN H4CKERS…..".

Incident Date

July 9, 2024

Location

Bangladesh

Estimated Cost

Website offline for several hours

Type of Malware

No Malware identified

Threat Source

No threat source identified