[ad_1] Ghana has recorded breakthroughs through intensified surveillance Minister of Communications, Digital Technology and Innovation, Samuel Nartey George, has announced significant progress in Ghana’s efforts to combat cybercrime.
In a press briefing on Thursday, July 3, 2025, he said the country is recording major breakthroughs through intensified surveillance and collaboration among security agencies.
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[ad_1] NEW YORK — A politically motivated hacker breached Columbia University’s data systems last week, stealing troves of student documents while briefly shutting down the school’s computer systems, a university official said Wednesday. The June 24 cyberattack prompted widespread network outages on campus, locking students and staff out of their email accounts, coursework and video...Read More
[ad_1] Amid rising cyberattacks on healthcare systems, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is urging medical device makers to build cybersecurity into devices from the start as part of new guidance that outlines protections across the entire product lifecycle. The latest guidance comes on the tail of surges in cyberattacks against hospitals, medical facilities, and...Read More
[ad_1] Young Consulting’s cybersecurity woes continue after the number of affected individuals from last year’s suspected ransomware raid passed the 1 million mark. The software vendor to stop-loss insurance carriers, now trading as Connexure, said the attack took place sometime between April 10 and 13, 2024, in a data breach notice that remains on its...Read More
[ad_1] IdeaLab is notifying individuals impacted by a data breach incident last October when hackers accessed sensitive information. Although the organization does not describe the type of attack, the Hunters International ransomware group has claimed the breach and leaked the stolen data on the dark web. IdeaLab is a California-based technology startup incubator that since 1996...Read More
[ad_1] Kolkata: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday wrote a letter to union home minister Amit Shah, raising her concern over the spike in provocative social media content and cybercrime. Mamata Banerjee had previously accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of spreading misinformation and fake videos, especially during the violence in Murshidabad (PTI)...Read More
[ad_1] The ransomware gang known as Hunters International announced on its dark web page Thursday that it is shutting down. “After careful consideration and in light of recent developments, we have decided to close the Hunters International project,” the hackers wrote in a post, without clarifying what specific developments it was referring to. “This decision...Read More
[ad_1] West Africa could be developing into a hub for scam centers, Interpol says, and other regions also are showing an uptick in such activity, mirroring a cybercrime trend that began in Southeast Asia. In a brief report posted this week, the international police agency says new scam centers have been identified recently in the...Read More
[ad_1] The Kathmandu District Court on Thursday granted journalist Dil Bhusan Pathak a bail of Rs25,000 in connection with a cybercrime case filed against him earlier this week. A single bench of judge Khemraj Bhatta issued the order following a detention hearing held the same day after. With this order. Pathak can now fight the...Read More
