LAGOS JANUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Police Force has arrested a notorious hacker, identified as Onuma Osita, who infiltrated the financial system of the Enugu State government and siphoned N1,097,700,300 from its coffers. The arrest was made possible through the collaborative efforts of the Nigeria Police Force-National Cybercrime Centre (NPF-NCCC), which launched a detailed investigation into…
LAGOS JUNE 25TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-A cyberattack on Indonesia’s national data centre compromised hundreds of government offices and caused long delays at the capital’s main airport, with the hacker demanding an $8 million ransom, officials said Monday. Long queues formed at immigration gates at Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta International Airport last week after systems went down in the attack,…
LAGOS MAY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has shared an incident where a 17-year-old successfully hacked into his personal computer and bank account while being questioned at the EFCC office in Lagos. Olukoyede invited the young hacker to his office for questioning, saying the teenager was able…