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An internet group has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to begin probe of some incumbent governors in the state for hacking phones and email accounts of Nigerians.
The group, Paradigm Initiative Nigeria [PIN], in its letter, demanded the President to investigate the politicians for hacking telephones and computers and carrying out illegal mass surveillance on Nigerians.
The protest followed a report by PREMIUM TIMES, where incumbent governor of Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson; ex-governors of Rivers, Akwa Ibom and Delta – Rotimi Amaechi, Godswill Akpabio, and Emmanuel Uduaghan – were named in an extensive mass surveillance and hacking expedition that breached citizens’ rights and violated Nigerian laws.
The politicians acquired high calibre cyber warfare tools from various military contractors across the world, enabling them to carry out illegal surveillance and hacking activities which involves them breaking into target computers and phones to monitor citizen’s private and confidential conversations on communication devices.
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The group, Paradigm Initiative Nigeria [PIN], in its letter, demanded the President to investigate the politicians for hacking telephones and computers and carrying out illegal mass surveillance on Nigerians.
The protest followed a report by PREMIUM TIMES, where incumbent governor of Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson; ex-governors of Rivers, Akwa Ibom and Delta – Rotimi Amaechi, Godswill Akpabio, and Emmanuel Uduaghan – were named in an extensive mass surveillance and hacking expedition that breached citizens’ rights and violated Nigerian laws.
The politicians acquired high calibre cyber warfare tools from various military contractors across the world, enabling them to carry out illegal surveillance and hacking activities which involves them breaking into target computers and phones to monitor citizen’s private and confidential conversations on communication devices.
click here to read full story