Nigeria's Data Regulator Warns of Coordinated Attacks on Financial Systems

Nigeria's Data Regulator Warns of Coordinated Attacks on Financial Systems

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, Roger A. Agana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/nigerias-data-regulator-warns-of-coordinated-attacks-on-financial-systems/Nigeria’s data protection authority has issued an urgent advisory warning of coordinated cyberattacks on the country’s financial systems and critical digital infrastructure, citing evidence of organised threat actors probing national networks with growing sophistication. The …

Sterling Bank, Remita and CAC data breaches: Why did the Nigerian institutions say nothing?

Sometime in late March, a threat actor known as ByteToBreach waltzed into Sterling Bank’s systems through a back door the bank already knew was broken and had left unrepaired for three months. The actor spent nine days inside, documented everything he found, and then told the world about it through a post on a criminal forum. Of the breaches that have happened, Sterling Bank said nothing to its customers. Remita said nothing to its customers. Th…

Sterling Bank & Remita: How a Single Exploit Opened Nigeria’s Financial Infrastructure

A report by Security Intelligence alleges that a global threat actor, ByteToBreach, exploited an unpatched vulnerability on a Sterling Bank testing server in

Remita Data Breach: What This Means for Millions of Nigerians

A suspected data breach involving Remita is raising serious questions about the Nigerian government’s ability to protect the data of citizens it compels to use its systems. Development Diaries reports that the National Data Protection Commission (NDPC) has opened an investigation into an alleged compromise affecting sensitive customer information on the platform. From federal civil servants receiving salaries to students paying for exams and cit…