The Anonymous hackers collective on Sunday claimed it hacked into more than 70 Gabon government websites, as part of what it called a campaign against dictatorships. Government sites including the ministries of communications and the civil service were inaccessible on Sunday, as were the websites of at least 30 other institutions. The presidency website continued […] …
Cyber attack
Firm raises the alarm on rising mobile attacks
Ife Ogunfuwa Check Point Software Technologies, a global cybersecurity solutions company, has raised the alarm on rising cyberattacks in Nigeria through mobile devices. Analysts in the company, in a statement on Friday, noted that when compared to global average, the impact of the attacks in Nigeria was about 35 per cent higher between January and […] …
British Airways apologises after hackers steal customers’ bank details
British Airways was forced to apologise on Friday after the credit card details of hundreds of thousands of its customers were stolen over a two-week period in the worst ever attack on its website and app. BA Chairman and Chief Executive Alex Cruz said in London the airline discovered on September 5 that bookings made […] …