DHAKA : CyberStation, the cybersecurity division of Brain
Station 23 PLC, organized the Bangladesh Cyber Resilience Briefing 2026 on
Thursday to highlight Bangladesh’s exposure to risks associated with data
circulating on the dark web, a press release said.
Held at BRAC Centre Inn in Mohakhali, Dhaka, the seminar
was organized as part of Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Around 150 senior
representatives from the banking, telecommunications, technology, government
and education sectors, along with regulatory officials and cybersecurity
professionals, attended the event.
During the briefing, CyberStation presented findings from
its assessment of 767 domains across 15 sectors in Bangladesh. The review found
evidence of at least 17,362 sets of user login credentials and more than 1.8
million user records circulating online. According to CyberStation, these
figures represent conservative minimum estimates, and the actual scale of
exposure may be higher.
The findings identified government services as the sector
accounting for the largest share of exposed citizen records, while technology
and telecommunications had the highest rates of exposure.
“ We cannot address risks that we cannot see. Our goal is
to help organizations understand what information has been exposed and act
before cybercriminals can misuse it,” said Muhibbul Muktadir Tanim, head of
cybersecurity services at CyberStation.
MJ Ferdous, Executive Director of Brain Station 23, said
Cyber Station, the company’s own cybersecurity division, was built on Brain
Station 23’s 20 years of software development experience. He added, “Today’s
event was an opportunity to review where the country stands in cybersecurity
and what initiatives are needed going forward. We must reduce our dependence on
foreign software and strengthen the country’s own cyber capabilities. If our
contribution can be of any use, we sincerely want to stand beside everyone in
this effort.”
Cybersecurity expert Tanvir Hassan Zoha said CyberStation
was making an important contribution to the field. “I have had the opportunity
to use its technology. Its work can play an important role in raising awareness
of cyber risks and developing effective prevention and response strategies,” he
said.
Technology entrepreneur Munir Hasan also highlighted the
importance of DarkWatch, a dark web monitoring platform developed by Brain
Station 23. He said - “We should work together to support and advance homegrown
technological initiatives like DarkWatch. Helping such initiatives grow can
make an important contribution to strengthening Bangladesh’s overall
cybersecurity in the future.”
A panel discussion on Bangladesh’s dark web exposure and
ways to address the associated risks was also held at the event. The panelists
were Professor Mohammad Shahriar Rahman, consultant to the University Grants
Commission (UGC); Mohammad Shamsul Haque, head of the Special Response Unit of
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP); Md Imran Khan, joint secretary (ICT) at
Bangladesh Bank; and Mahtab Uddin Ahmed, a technology specialist.
The discussion emphasized the need for coordinated efforts
to prevent the misuse of exposed information and strengthen responses to
cybersecurity risks.
Other attendees included Hamida Kazi, chairperson of the
Department of Computer Science at BRAC University; Dr Abul Kalam Azad,
chairperson of the Department of Computer Science at Jahangirnagar University;
Dr Mohammad Jahidur Rahman, professor in the same department; Dr Rajesh Palit,
director of cybersecurity at North South University; A K M Sajjad Hossain,
additional managing director of Grameen Bank; Dr Md Lutfor Rahman, adjunct
faculty member at BRAC University and former chief information officer of
Grameenphone; Shafqat Mahmud Fahmi, chief technology officer of Mobil; and
Colonel Md Sohel Rana, PSC (Retd.), managing director of Stream Connect.
CyberStation said it would continue working to raise
awareness of cybersecurity risks among organizations and citizens and provide
services to help them address those risks. The initiative aims to strengthen
the ability to identify exposures in a timely manner and take appropriate
action.
