Coverage of cybersecurity incidents, policy, public services, privacy, advisories, and regional developments connected to Nigeria.
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Nigeria covers cybersecurity and information-security developments connected to Nigeria, including incidents, policy, privacy, advisories, research, and news affecting organizations, public services, and digital systems in the area.
For practitioners, the tag provides geographic context for developments involving Nigeria's organizations, services, partners, and users. Individual articles provide the specific technologies, threats, sectors, and operational implications relevant to each development.
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A Nigerian man accused of hacking, fraud and identity theft has been extradited from France to the US to face charges
The suspects were apprehended in a surprise operation at their hideout in Lagos following intelligence received by Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
The Nigerian police have arrested 113 foreign individuals and their 17 Nigerian collaborators for their alleged involvement in high-level cybercrimes
A US district court sentenced a Nigerian man for an elaborate ‘man-in-the-middle’ phishing campaign, which resulted in $12m in losses from real-estate transactions
Nigeria-based cybercriminals known as Yahoo Boys are the main drivers of a financial sextortion increase on TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat, targeting English-speaking teenagers
A Nigerian national has been sentenced to a decade behind bars for his role in romance and BEC scam
A Nigerian man is facing a 100-year jail term after being arrested on multimillion-dollar BEC charges
Training and operations center was based in Abuja
Nigerian was extradited to the US from Canada
The criminal enterprise resulted in losses of up to $1m
Nigerian nationals accused of targeting US universities
Interpol helps Nigerian investigators pounce
Spear phishing study finds one in three malicious logins into compromised accounts came from Nigeria