You Won't Believe the Shocking Amount of Money Nigeria Loses to Cyber Crimes Every Year

Date: 04-01-2017 3:34 pm (7 years ago) | Author: Bayo Nelson
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A cyber security group, Cyber Security Experts Association of Nigeria (CSEAN) has estimated that Nigeria loses about N127 billion to cybercrimes yearly. It said several cases of cyber crime activities in the country, many of which have resulted in financial losses by individuals and organisations, had been widely unreported.
 The CSEAN said the country might face even greater odds in cybersecurity threats this year.  It, however, identified five cyber crimes that will dominate Nigeria this year based on the current trends as CEO e-mail scam, ransomware, online-assisted kidnapping, cyber bullying and online impersonation.
 CSEAN President, Remi Afon, who said that the year 2017 would witness more ransomware than ever seen before in Nigeria, stated that with the rise of ransomware-as-a-service, cyber criminals could now purchase a user-friendly kit they could deploy with little or no cyber know-how from the dark web.
 He described ransomware as a type of malware that infects a machine when a user clicks on a seemingly legitimate link and unknowingly downloads a malicious file. The virus will then encrypt the user’s files, share drives and servers, leaving them inaccessible unless the victim pays for the decryption key usually in cryptocurrency.
 He said: “That kidnapping is on the rise in Nigeria is no news. What many people don’t know is that kidnappers are being assisted by their victims’ social media online activities and geolocation data on their smartphones. Geolocation data is information that can be used to identify an electronic device’s physical location.”
 According to him, using smartphones’ built-in Global Positioning System (GPS) functionality allows location-based services (or geo-location) to locate and publish information about smartphone owners’ whereabouts.
 He also identified online impersonation, which he categorised into two, as another top cyber crime to watch out for in 2017. He said while the first category impersonates politicians and religious leaders on social media by creating fake profiles with the aim of scamming their victims, the second usually creates fake profiles with attractive fake pictures so they can engage in what is called ‘romance scam’. Afon stressed that cyber criminals were mainly interested in targeting foreigners, claiming they were in love with them and establishing a love relation to be able to swindle them.


Posted: at 4-01-2017 03:34 PM (7 years ago) | Addicted Hero
- chukkychukky at 4-01-2017 03:52 PM (7 years ago)
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okoo

Posted: at 4-01-2017 03:52 PM (7 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- AmazingMarie at 4-01-2017 04:58 PM (7 years ago)
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exactly every body beware
Posted: at 4-01-2017 04:58 PM (7 years ago) | Hero
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- kison at 4-01-2017 05:02 PM (7 years ago)
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Posted: at 4-01-2017 05:02 PM (7 years ago) | Hero
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- gogoman at 4-01-2017 05:30 PM (7 years ago)
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cycle money
Posted: at 4-01-2017 05:30 PM (7 years ago) | Grande Master
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- james987 at 4-01-2017 06:22 PM (7 years ago)
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Criminals everywhere. So how much naija dey lose to politicians yearly? We wan know
Posted: at 4-01-2017 06:22 PM (7 years ago) | Hero
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- kacylee at 4-01-2017 07:35 PM (7 years ago)
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all this na propanganda

Posted: at 4-01-2017 07:35 PM (7 years ago) | Addicted Hero
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- BournIdentity at 4-01-2017 08:02 PM (7 years ago)
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I just dey observe,,
Posted: at 4-01-2017 08:02 PM (7 years ago) | Addicted Hero
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- Novic at 4-01-2017 11:57 PM (7 years ago)
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Posted: at 4-01-2017 11:57 PM (7 years ago) | Hero
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- afroblack at 5-01-2017 12:05 AM (7 years ago)
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And how much a we lossing in the hands of politicians,and paying light bill without light how much is that
Posted: at 5-01-2017 12:05 AM (7 years ago) | Newbie
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- akinmanchy at 5-01-2017 09:50 AM (7 years ago)
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Ok na

Posted: at 5-01-2017 09:50 AM (7 years ago) | Hero
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- Novic at 5-01-2017 11:52 AM (7 years ago)
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Hmmmmmmmmm..........there is God







































































































































































Posted: at 5-01-2017 11:52 AM (7 years ago) | Hero
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- LegendaryU at 5-01-2017 02:03 PM (7 years ago)
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How much do our politician always steal without public disgrace. Tell me I want to know that one. I don't mean those that have received their own public disgrace ooo?
Posted: at 5-01-2017 02:03 PM (7 years ago) | Upcoming
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- OLOWOBABA10 at 8-01-2017 11:23 AM (7 years ago)
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HOW MUCH HAVE WE LOST TO POLITICIANS ?

Posted: at 8-01-2017 11:23 AM (7 years ago) | Upcoming
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- tommy70 at 9-01-2017 11:13 PM (7 years ago)
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Posted: at 9-01-2017 11:13 PM (7 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- yawa_don_gas at 12-01-2017 03:02 AM (7 years ago)
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Please please hold on, why e be say everywhere I take even when I wan hide yawa dey there?

Why why?

Yawa life, yawa goes on
Posted: at 12-01-2017 03:02 AM (7 years ago) | Addicted Hero
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