Senior officials working for the anti-terror police in Bangladesh have been accused of selling classified and personal information of citizens to criminals via the messaging app Telegram. This included national identity details, cell phone call records, and other classified information.
The police agents sold data obtained through the National Intelligence Platform (NIP) run by the National Telecommunications Monitoring Center (NTMC). NIP is an internal web portal housing classified information on citizens, access to which have law enforcement and intelligence agencies.
The investigation into the alleged sale of data revealed that the accused accessed the NIP platform more often than other users and collected information that was unrelated to their duties.
Currently, it remains unclear whether the two police officers were formally charged. The investigation is still ongoing.
Original Source: https://techcrunch.com/2024/06/06/bangladeshi-police-agents-accused-of-selling-citizens-personal-information-on-telegram/
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