Telecoms giant, MTN Group says it suffered a cybersecurity incident that led to unauthorised access to the personal data of some customers in selected markets. In a statement on Thursday, the telecoms giant assured stakeholders that its core infrastructure — including its network, billing systems, and financial services platforms — remains secure and fully operational….
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Union Bank of Nigeria Plc, is reportedly embroiled in a massive financial scandal involving the alleged theft of ₦9.3 billion from customer accounts due to a breach in its core banking system. The incident, which occurred on March 23, 2025, has been described in court filings as “a massive operational failure,” resulting in unauthorized transfers…
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Nigeria’s leading commercial bank, Guarantee Trust Bank, has described as entirely false report of its website being seized by hackers. According to a Daily Post report, a top GTB executive, who is not authorized to speak made it known exclusively to the publication. The publication reports that the clarification comes amid a report that its…
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The website domain name of Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBANK) have become inaccessible in what Nigerians believed to be a suspected attack on the commercial bank by hackers.Checks on Wednesday night shows that the GTBank website, gtbank.com, was no longer accessible. This issue arose just a day after the domain was renewed for another five years,…
The United States on Thursday banned Russia-based cybersecurity firm Kaspersky from providing its popular antivirus products in the country, the US Commerce Department announced. “Kaspersky will generally no longer be able to, among other activities, sell its software within the United States or provide updates to software already in use,” the agency said in a…
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The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, March 18, 2024 secured the conviction of six persons charged for offences bordering on cybercrime and fraud related offences The convicts who were prosecuted on separate charges stood their trial before Justice Evelyn Anyadike of the Federal High Court and Justice…
Software giant, Microsoft, has reported a breach on its system by Russian government-backed hackers known as Midnight Blizzard, with a warning that all organizations now face risks from well-resourced nation-state threat actors. The company disclosed this in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday. Microsoft disclosed that the hackers gained access…
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The United States operation of China’s largest bank said Thursday that it was hit by a ransomware attack, forcing clients to reroute trades and disrupting the US Treasury market. State-owned ICBC is the biggest of China’s “Big Four” banks and the world’s largest lender by assets, according to S&P Global. A ransomware attack is a…
A 37-year-old woman, Blessing Edet, was on Tuesday docked in the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court for allegedly defaming Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom state. Ms Edet, who was arraigned before Justice Ahmed Mohammed by the Nigerian police on a six-count charge, however pleaded not guilty. While the Inspector-General of Police is…
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The Department of State Services (DSS) has described reports that its men invaded the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to arrest Godwin Emefiele, the CBN governor, as “fake news”. There were reports on Monday across social media platforms that the DSS stormed the CBN headquarters to arrest Emefiele over allegations of terrorism financing. But in…
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