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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Fraudsters targeted local government, colleges, and construction firms in Texas and North Carolina Two British-Nigerian men were sentenced for serious business email compromise schemes in the US this week, netting them millions of dollars from local government entities, construction companies, and colleges.…
Crook and his alleged co-conspirators said to have used Discord to coordinate A Nigerian national has been convicted of participating in a business email compromise (BEC) scam worth $1.5 million after a jury found him guilty on all counts.…
ALSO: CISA begs for a consistent budget, Las Vegas school breach; Nigeria arrests six cyber princes, the week's critical vulnerabilities Security In Brief Notorious ransomware gang LockBit has reportedly exfiltrated “a tremendous amount of sensitive data from aerospace outfit Boeing.…
Trio alleged to have blackmailed over 100 targets after threats of intimate image release Two Nigerian men have been extradited to the US and were scheduled to appear in deferral court on Monday, charged with sextortion and causing the death of one of their victims: a teen who was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.…
Maybe our prince has come at last A suspected Nigerian fraudster is scheduled to appear in court Friday for his alleged role in a $6 million plot to scam businesses via email.…
Fraudster and two alleged accomplices nabbed in joint op An Interpol-led operation code-named Killer Bee has led to the arrest and conviction of a Nigerian man who was said to have used a remote access trojan (RAT) to reroute financial transactions and steal corporate credentials. Two suspected accomplices were also nabbed.…
Interpol, cops swoop with intel from cybersecurity bods Interpol and cops in Africa have arrested a Nigerian man suspected of running a multi-continent cybercrime ring that specialized in phishing emails targeting businesses.…