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You have two important banks shut down for most of the day. about six or seven hours. then two websites, the ministry of defense and the armed forces network, also shut down by denial of services attacks. no attributions so far has been given, but the authority that works closely with the ukrainian military that monitors and tries to resist against cyberattacks just last night said that there were cyberattacks launched from russian territory against ukraine. >> one of the things that we know tha...

By Emma Okonji The adoption of Information Technology (IT) in Nigeria has continued to surge, despite cyber threats that hit the IT space in 2020, according to the President of Cyber Security Experts Association of Nigeria (CSEAN), Mr. Remi Afon. He made the submission recently, while presenting a national cyber threat landscape for 2021. He said the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic forced an increased dependency on online systems and networks to support remote work. According to him, “T...

Vanguard News Hacktivism in 2021: Cyber threats that may weaken Nigerian economy On Hi-Tech Editor A critical look at the trend in Information Technology in Nigeria, particularly on the cybersecurity ecosystem, shows a nation that had to contend with various malicious activities of cybercriminals. This was also traced to a continuous increase in the adoption of IT tools. For instance, significant growth in the number of mobile (GSM) and Internet subscribers was recorded,. In the same vein, t...