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12 Nigerian suspects arrested for cyber fraud in Bole

Kenya’s communications regulator has said that the country experienced a record 860 million cyber-attacks in the last 12 months. The regulator said that “the frequency, sophistication and scale of cyber-threats” targeted at Kenya’s critical information infrastructure had increased dramatically. In 2017, Kenya experienced 7.7 million cyber attacks. In July, a high-profile cyber attack attributed to the pro-Russian hacking group Anonymous Sudan cut off access to more than 5,000 online government services in the country, including visa, passport and driving licence applications and renewals. The attack also disabled online train booking systems and mobile money transactions. The Communications Authority of Kenya on Monday said that 79% of the attacks recorded in the last 12 months were caused by cyber criminals infiltrating the computer systems of organisations. The regulator also said that 14% of the attacks involved malicious software, 6.5% involved cybercriminals flooding servers with traffic to overload their infrastructure and the remaining attacks targeted web applications. According to the regulator, Kenya is now the third most-targeted country by cyber criminals in Africa, after Nigeria and South Africa.

The Bole Police Command in the Savannah Region has rounded up 12 Nigerians suspected of cyber fraud during two separate operations.

The first operation involved nine suspects, who were arrested around Bole township. They had some electronic gadgets in their position.

They are Kelechi Chukwudoluwe, 30, Ibeneme Precious, 20, Nelson Chinedu and Emmanuel Ifanyi Chukwu, 23, respectively.

The rest are, Chukwu Eneke George aged 19, Chibuzor Nweke and Mmaduabuchi Miracle, 20, Peter Eboh, 23, and Kwukwe Makachi, 30.

According to the Bole Police Command, a search conducted in their room led to the retrieval of 11 laptops and 13 mobile phones.

At Sawaba, a suburb of Bole, Police also arrested suspects, Joshua Wuneh, 24, Ugwu John, 21, and Samuel Chibueze, 25.

Some laptops and mobile phones were found in their possession. The team further found CFA2000, N1500, two Airtel Sim cards, one modem, two earphones, and a wallet containing GH¢25.

The suspects are in Police custody assisting with investigations.

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