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Hackers attacked an unsecured database in Bangladesh that exposed people’s personal data.
The database contains more than 120 indexes of data, with different logs stored in each.
The vast majority of the data exposed in the database is metadata, the powerful “who, what, how, and when” of communications.
The disclosure provides a tiny months e the National Telecommunication Monitoring Center a NTMC ow communications may be in Bangladesh
The NTMC has not acknowledged or responded to WIRED’s questions about the leaked information, including those about its purpose and the amount that has been gathered.
It this past week for setting up and developing an “interception platform,” and ensuring that it operates 24/7.
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