Cyber crimes
Md. Asadullah Khan has aptly stated: “We have borrowed the gloss, but not the ability to fight a crisis” [The Looming Threat of AIDS, published in The Daily Star on 11th December, 2010]. Undoubtedly, the government's pledge to build a digital nation is a commendable one, but I wonder if it is prepared to tackle cyber crime. Fake accounts on social networking sites, uploading inappropriate materials and hacking are already prevalent in this country. Higher levels of cyber crimes can easily creep in. It is very disturbing if hackers gain access to private information and send obnoxious or misleading mails to contacts.
With a fast-paced lifestyle that a digital nation promises, an irreversible damage can be done within seconds if the hacker sends a wrong quotation, article or presentation. Before a person can clarify that, his/her account has been compromised, a wrong mail will have already reached the contact, for example, an employer; and although it may not result in sacking, it will still cause a great loss for the company.
I request the government to pay attention to this issue.
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