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NITDA: Over 9 Million Nigerian WhatsApp Users’ Data Exposed to Hackers Who Sell Them in the Dark web

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Tiamiyu Ismail
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More than 9 million WhatsApp users in Nigeria and nearly 500 million WhatsApp users globally are said to be exposed to hackers who trade users’ data in the dark web.

This was revealed in a statement released by the National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA, refrencing a report on WhatsApp data breach which it said has exposed the information of millions of users worldwide including Nigerians.

The statement issued by Hadiza Umar, Head of Corporate Affairs and External Relations of NITDA in Abuja on Wednesday contained the following issues:

” Nearly 500 million WhatsApp users’ mobile phone numbers globally, including over 9 million contacts from Nigeria are affected.

“There is an impending danger of threat actors using these data to carry out malicious activities, thereby putting many at risk.

“Such information could be used to perpetuate cyber attacks such as smishing and vishing” she said.

Umar described smashing as involving sending text messages to unsuspecting users and asking them to click on links or provide personal information that can be used to scam victims and launch attacks, and vishing on the other hand as involving the use of phone calls or voice messages by cyber criminals to manipulate unsuspecting recipients into revealing sensitive information for fraudulent activities.

The statement further reads: “In this regard, NITDA’s computer Readiness and Responsive Team (NITDA–CERRT) is alerting the public, most especially instant messaging platform users to be wary of unsolicited calls, voice notes and messages from unknown numbers.

“To avoid being victims, users are to enable two-factor authentication on your instant messaging app.”

Users are advised to be wary of sharing sensitive information online or on their instant messaging apps and avoid responding to request for personal data from unknown individuals through calls or text messages.

“Do not reveal personal information on your profile and do not respond to request from untrusted or unknown contacts asking fro personal data, passwords or other verification codes through messages or calls.”

According to the WhatsApp data breach report cited by Legitng, an ads was said to be published on a popular hacking community platform on November 16, claiming a 2022 database of 487million WhatsApp users mobile numbers was up for sale. The ads parades WhatsApp users data from 84 countries with over 32 million users from the United States, 45 million Egyptian contacts, 35million Italian contacts, 29million Arabs contacts, 25million French and 20million Turkish contacts.

In this previous article, WhatsApp parent company, Meta, was reported to have said thousands of its users worldwide have been persistently spied upon and hounded by cybersecurity espionage groups from the middle east using malwares masquerading as popular secure social media and messaging apps such as WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, WeChat, Instagram etc.

Meta Warns Users Against Organized Cybercrime Syndicates from India and Pakistan

Beat Tekedia Mini-MBA Early Bird Registration Deadline

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Ndubuisi Ekekwe
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TEHRAN, IRAN - JULY 19: (RUSSIA OUT) Russian President Vladimir Putin leaves his presidential plane during the welcoming ceremony at the airport, on July 19, 2022 in Tehran Iran. Russian President Putin and his Turkish counterpart Erdogan arrived in Iran for the summit. (Photo by Contributor/Getty Images)

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Besides the pre-recorded courses, thrice weekly, I coordinate live Zoom sessions (Tue, Thur and Sat at 7pm WAT) on the mechanics of business systems with our Faculty and Guests, covering many industries and business domains. REGISTER and join us!

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Bitcoin (BTC) and Cardano (ADA) finally turn green while Orbeon Protocol (ORBN) could skyrocket 6000%

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TI Partners
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TEHRAN, IRAN - JULY 19: (RUSSIA OUT) Russian President Vladimir Putin leaves his presidential plane during the welcoming ceremony at the airport, on July 19, 2022 in Tehran Iran. Russian President Putin and his Turkish counterpart Erdogan arrived in Iran for the summit. (Photo by Contributor/Getty Images)

After a tumultuous month for cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin (BTC) and Cardano (ADA) finally went green. Meanwhile, the whole crypto market quickly followed the trend as many coins are already gaining momentum for a bullish run.

Orbeon Protocol (ORBN), the native token of the Orbeon Protocol, has gained mainstream attention due to its innovative importance in disrupting the traditional investment landscape. Analysts predict that ORBN’s price will rise by 6000%.

As Bitcoin and Cardano are turning bullish, investing in the Orbeon token at its presale stage is an excellent investment as the token is set to go beyond analysts’ expectations.

>>BUY ORBEON TOKENS HERE<<

Orbeon Protocol Attracts Huge Demand

2022 has been a brutal year for many crypto investors as huge existing projects like Bitcoin (BTC) and Cardano (ADA) continue registering new lows. However, since the introduction of Orbeon Protocol’s ORBN native token, it has attracted crypto bulls as the next blue chip investment.

The token is useful in gaining unrestricted access to Orbeon Protocol and its ingenious products aimed at improving the crowdfunding industry. Orbeon Protocol is a launchpad and investment platform that utilizes NFTs to facilitate the development of new businesses and startups.

The platform enables companies to connect effectively with keen investors and build a community of enthusiasts. Meanwhile, users can enjoy opportunities to participate in various crowdfunding and funding rounds.

The distinguishing feature of Orbeon Protocol is its use of fractionalized equity-based NFTs representing a startup company. With these NFTs, users can easily participate in fundraising and invest by purchasing and minting these NFTs with any amount, starting from $1. Additionally, there are security measures in place to ensure investors do fall victim to scams and rug pulls.

Its Fill or Kill mechanism was integrated into Orbeon Protocol smart contract to ensure investors get their money back if a company’s funding rounds fail. Therefore, you can see why crypto bulls and investors are trooping in to add ORBN tokens to their portfolios.

ORBN is available at the presale phase for $0.014. Although it is relatively underpriced, analysts have speculated that its price will increase by 60x and reach $0.24 before the end of the presale.

>>BUY ORBEON TOKENS HERE<<

Bitcoin Records First Green Close in Months

Bitcoin is the most traded cryptocurrency by market cap, but it has been recording a negative close for the past few weeks. The coin takes as much as 40% to 49% of total crypto market capitalization, and therefore, its price action usually influences that of other tokens.

Since Bitcoin clinched an all-time high price of $69,000 in November 2021, the coin has gone into a year-long bearish downtrend and has registered only a few retracements. In fact, BTC was poised to extend its losing streak to another day. However, it miraculously jumped higher in the late hours of November 10.

Through a modest correction in the late hours of November 10, Bitcoin regained bullish momentum and returned above $15,000. Bitcoin is trading between $17,000 to $19,000, approximately a 10.5% change.

Cardano (ADA) Back Above $0.3

Cardano was not left out in the bearishness of the crypto market. The token’s price bounced off a key support level created on January 11, 2021, before turning back higher and recovering a little. Cardano broke several lows before creating a new yearly low of $0.3. However, it bounced higher and gained 16% before settling at $0.36.

Cardano maintains an excellent market capitalization of $12 billion, keeping it at the 8th position of coins by market cap. Cardano has little influence on general crypto price but gained Bitcoin’s momentum to soar higher.

Although the coin is down by 73% this year alone, the turn of events is good news to investors. Analysts have predicted that Cardano price will surpass $3 soon before setting a new high of up to $11.

 

Find Out More About The Orbeon Protocol Presale

Website: https://orbeonprotocol.com/

Presale: https://presale.orbeonprotocol.com/register

Telegram: https://t.me/OrbeonProtocol

Huobi Token (HT) and Convex Finance (CVX) investors rush to Snowfall Protocol (SNW) Presale!

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TI Partners
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TEHRAN, IRAN - JULY 19: (RUSSIA OUT) Russian President Vladimir Putin leaves his presidential plane during the welcoming ceremony at the airport, on July 19, 2022 in Tehran Iran. Russian President Putin and his Turkish counterpart Erdogan arrived in Iran for the summit. (Photo by Contributor/Getty Images)

Given the uncertainty within the cryptocurrency market, investors must make well-informed trading decisions to prevent unexpected losses.

The market is rapidly adopting newer technology and unique utility tokens, leaving behind well-established tokens like Huobi Token (HT) or Convex Finance (CVX) Protocol. One such example is Snowfall Protocol (SNW), which has caught experts’ attention for its steady price growth and extraordinary future potential. Read further to find what makes Snowfall Protocol (SNW) so exceptional, especially against Huobi Token (HT) and Convex Finance (CVX).

Huobi Token’s (HT) inconsistent price trends

Launched in 2018, Huobi Token (HT) is the native crypto token of Huobi Global, a world-leading cryptocurrency trading exchange. The Huobi Token (HT) is an ERC-20-compliant, Ethereum-based digital asset, primarily responsible for reducing trade commissions over the Huobi Global exchange. Moreover, Huobi Token (HT) also offers voting rights and access to premium, VIP-only discounts.

The value of Huobi Token (HT) is significantly reliant on the reputation of its parent company, the decentralized Huobi Global Exchange. At the time of writing, Huobi Token (HT) is trading at $7.25, gaining 21.68% in the past 24 hours. However, Huobi Token (HT) is still trading 81.84% lower than its all-time-high price of $39.81, as seen in May 2021. Despite the ongoing bull run, the Huobi Token (HT) has shown a poor growth trajectory over the past few months, leaving investors perplexed about the future trend.

Convex Finance’s (CVX) short-term bull-run

Launched in 2021, Convex Finance (CVX) offers a relatively low-risk investment opportunity. Convex Finance (CF) is a blockchain-based DeFi protocol that enables Curve.Fi users and liquidity providers to earn rewards on trading fees. Curve.Fi is a decentralized trading platform allowing investors to trade stablecoins in a low-risk environment. Convex Finance (CVX) is known for its user-friendly platform and differentiated incentive structure.

Convex Finance’s native token, CVX, is presently trading at $4.33, with a gain of approximately 0.65% in the past 24 hours. The current CVX price is 93.03% lower than its all-time-high price of $62.69, as seen in January 2022. Convex Finance (CVX) has been critically acclaimed for enabling individual investors to earn increased rewards by staking their liquidity. Therefore, Convex Finance (CVX) is said to remain relevant in the coming months. However, experts are unable to comment on the long-term growth of Convex Finance (CVX) due to the lack of substantial historical data and detailed information.

Snowfall Protocol (SNW) offers an impressive investment opportunity

Snowfall Protocol (SNW) recently concluded the second phase of presale, and has been creating waves in this bearish cryptocurrency market with its steady price growth. Experts have predicted a strong upswing in Snowfall Protocol (SNW) owing to its futuristic vision and competitive technology. Consequently, investors are shifting their funds from other tokens to the growth-oriented Snowfall Protocol (SNW).

Snowfall Protocol (SNW) is the premiere cross-chain communication ecosystem that supports fungible and non-fungible tokens. Using stable-coin and NFT bridges, Snowfall Protocol (SNW) will allow users to transfer assets across popular blockchain networks. Briefly, Snowfall Protocol (SNW) offers communication highways for quick, hassle-free asset transfers, enabling millions of users to engage with their preferred DeFi apps and networks.

Snowfall Protocol (SNW) is enabled by its native Snowfall Protocol (SNW) token, which offers staking benefits and voting rights to holders. Investors can earn fees or rewards from bridges and participate in monthly raffles. Since the Snowfall Protocol (SNW) token is in phase 2 of presale, it offers a lucrative earnings opportunity for early investors, unlike Huobi Token (HT) or Convex Finance (CVX), which have already crossed their initial growth phases.

get in while you can and invest in Snowfall Protocol (SNW) today!!!

 

Presale: https://presale.snowfallprotocol.io

 

Website: https://snowfallprotocol.io

 

Telegram: https://t.me/snowfallcoin

 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/snowfallcoin

ENDSARS Protest and Tiwa Savage through the Lens of Transgression

By
Mutiu Iyanda
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The word “transgression” can be traced back to Middle English, Middle French, and Latin. In Middle English, it is transgressioun, while in Middle French and Latin, it is transgression and tr?nsgressus respectively. Overall, Middle French appears to be the “decider” of which of the forms is used today.

Meanwhile, this piece does not seek to examine history; rather, it seeks to locate two cases within the context of the word as defined by various scholars and philosophers. In the previous piece, I discussed how academics define the term from sociological, anthropological, and philosophical perspectives. In addition to a series of books on the word in relation to others in the fields of social sciences and humanities, there are millions of contents available on the Internet.

Between 2004 and 2022, netizens in Jamaica, Ghana, Zambia, Trinidad and Tobago, South Africa, Uganda, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Singapore, and Kenya developed a significant interest in understanding the word through the Internet using Google Search Engine. Apart from searching for the word in order to obtain specific information about it, netizens in these countries also searched the Internet in order to learn more about immorality in relation to the word. This is not surprising because it is expected that they will easily associate the word with actions that do not conform to their society’s established norms and values.

The Case

Protest against police brutality

The protest began as a small campaign following the death of a man by the Nigeria Police Force’s Special Anti-Robbery Squad. The unit was formed in 1992 with the goal of responding quickly to robbery incidents across the country. However, in October 2020, after several years of the unit’s inhumane treatment, a video recorded to seek justice for the killed man went viral, sparking a nationwide protest. The protest gained traction online, with approximately 28 million tweets with the hashtag accumulating on Twitter alone (Ozulumba, 2021). According to my understanding of transgression, this incident could be classified as transgression because of the police’s inability to comply with existing methods of respecting and protecting people’s fundamental human rights.

Tiwa Savage’s leaked sex tap

Nigerians were inundated with information about Tiwa Savage’s leaked sex tap in October 2021. She is a well-known Afrobeat artist in Nigeria. According to her, her lover accidentally posted the tape on Snapchat and deleted it after realizing his mistake, but it had already been downloaded by a stalker (BBC, 2021). The stalker reposted it in order to extort money from her. However, Tiwa Savage responded that what she did was not wrong because it was natural for a human. She said “for doing something that is natural”. “I am that crazy I could put it out myself – you are not making any money off me.” Many people chastised her for filming sex acts in order to gain popularity. Others see it as the boyfriend’s attempt to harm her reputation. In other words, people are both sympathetic and insensitive to her situation. This situation aligns with Nagel’s (2017) submission that “the act of suicide and the displays of insensitivity toward suicide victims are forms of transgression,” (p.33).

It is clear from the conceptualization of transgression and the cases discussed that transgressive culture could be developed, fostered, and disseminated in different ways using new technologies. While Snapchat was used to infringe on the popular singer’s privacy, Twitter was effectively used to expose Nigerian police officers’ non-compliance with the laws governing how they should engage with the public and respecting their fundamental rights.

In both cases, I believe that online transgression culture will continue to have mixed results with serious consequences for personal and societal reputation in countries where people have no restrictions on what they can create and communicate through digital platforms. Gournelos & Gunkel (2011) stress this thus: “To understand what is possible in our world, we need to understand our limitations and those locations, moments, and techniques by which those limitations are most effectively (and ineffectively) challenged,” (p.3).

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