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Bangladeshi National University Hacked, Thousands of Credentials Leaked

Posted on December 30, 2012 by Lee J

nubd A hacker who uses the handle @JokerCracker has just announced an attack on the Bangladeshi National University website and server (www.nu.edu.bd) which has left the site being inaccessible. service-unavailable The attack was announced on twitter and posted to private paste in the format of a sql dump that contains thousands of credentails of users and staff of the University. > nu.edu.bd (National University of Bangladesh) +15,000 Users, Pass, Mails … #Hacked by @jokercracker -> goo.gl/3M6lM #RT — JokerCracker (@JokerCracker) December 30, 2012

The leaked credentails range from full names, address, contacts and emails as well as login details which are encrypted. Total amount of accounts found to have emails is 4316 but 1423 of them were duplicated leaving only accounts with 2893. Full stats on ozdc.net. Source: PrivatePaste  About the National University: > The National University was established in 1992 under an act of Parliament of the Government of the people’s republic of Bangladesh with features distinct from those of the traditional Universities of the country.


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