Tag: Hackers
Remote work is making your business a hacker’s paradise – here’s...
Working from home (WFH) is no longer just a trend; it's the new normal. As remote work continues to rise in Ghana, businesses are...
Hackers steal US$16.8 million from Uganda’s central bank
Offshore hackers stole USh62 billion (US$16.8 million) from Uganda’s central bank, the state-owned New Vision newspaper reported on Thursday.
The hackers, identifying themselves as “Waste”,...
MoneyGram says hackers stole customer data
In late September MoneyGram was forced to take systems offline in response to a "cybersecurity issue". Now, the company says it has determined that an unauthorised...
Ransomware hackers stole over $1 billion in crypto in 2023
Payments from crypto-related ransom attacks nearly doubled to a record $1 billion plus in 2023, blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis has said.
Scammers targeting institutions such...
Russian hackers launch cyberattack on Kenyan institutions, including Safaricom
A pro-Russian hacktivist group called Anonymous Sudan has claimed responsibility for a series of Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks on websites of Kenyan media, hospitals,...
Airtel Money lose US$2.1 million to hackers in Uganda
Hackers have drained Airtel Mobile's systems in Uganda of nearly Ush 8 billion ($2.1 million) after using malware to force AMCUL’s software to approve...
Uber investigates possible hack of internal databases
Uber Technologies Inc. has shut down internal Slack messaging as it investigates a cybersecurity breach by a hacker claiming to have accessed the company’s...
Hackers, fraudsters launder $540 million via crypto bridge RenBridge – Report
Hackers, fraudsters, and others laundered at least $540 million through the cryptocurrency bridge network RenBridge since 2020, according to blockchain analysis group Elliptic. Elliptic...
Kenyan students arrested for laundering money via Bitcoin
A gang of Kenyan students who have been hacking foreigners’ email credit cards through email phishing, stealing money and laundering it through bitcoin, have been...
Hacking group Anonymous dumps 28GB of data stolen from Russian central...
Hacking collective Anonymous claims to have released 28 gigabits of documents stolen from the Central Bank of Ruissia.
News of the data dump was shared...