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  1. Cross River: Cybercriminals Hack Governor Bassey Otu's Phone, Seek Financial Aid

    Nigeria Cross River: Cybercriminals Hack Governor Bassey Otu's Phone, Seek Financial Aid

    In a shocking turn of events, criminals successfully hacked the phone number of Cross River State Governor Bassey Otu, unleashing a wave of unsolicited messages seeking financial assistance. The Governor's chief press secretary, Emmanuel Ogbeche, issued a statement on the incident, urging the...
  2. Nigerians on Alert: Billions of User Credentials Exposed in Massive Leak

    Americas Nigerians on Alert: Billions of User Credentials Exposed in Massive Leak

    Billions of usernames and passwords have been exposed online due to an oversight by the digital risk protection company DarkBeam - this has raised concerns about the safety of personal data online. The database containing over 3.8 billion user records was left unprotected and was first...
  3. Nigeria Metro News

    Metro The Nigerian prince scam is still fooling people. Here’s why. - PopSci

    https://www.popsci.com/story/technology/nigerian-prince-scam-social-engineering/ Get More Nigeria Metro News
  4. Nigeria World News

    World FBI Takes Down Site With 12 Billion Stolen Records – Wired

    Storm clouds are gathering in the world of cybersecurity. Russian hackers likely targeted Burisma, the Ukrainian oil company at the center of Donald Trump’s various Biden conspiracies. If so, you can bet good money that they’ll selectively leak politically damaging documents ahead of the 2020...
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    Business Cybercrime costs businesses in Kenya, South Africa, Nigeria billions — Quartz

    Sophisticated malware, software security breaches, mobile scams—the list of cybercrime threats is growing. Yet African nations continue to fall.... Read more via Quartz – https://ift.tt/2y2Mypy Get more: Nigeria Business News
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    McAfee: 26% of companies have suffered cloud data theft – VentureBeat

    Enterprises are moving their data to the cloud, but not everybody is certain that the cloud is as secure as it could be, according to the third annual report on cloud security from cybersecurity firm McAfee. This is due in part to the fact that one in four companies … Read more via...
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    How To Protect Yourself From Fraudsters Online

    Recent research has shown that the number of victims of online fraud has increased in recent times. It also shows personal details found online are being used to for taking out things like loans, credit cards or phone contracts in other people's names. What can you do to secure yourself? We...
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