Tag: Data Breach

Data breach: Edo Govt to review e-governance platform …, says platform not shut down

Lukman Laleye Babalola

Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo has ordered an immediate review of the State’s electronic governance platform. The order was contained in a “Government Special Announcement,” dated 25th November 2024, and signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Umar Musa Ikhilor.   According to the statement, the review became necessary following a discovery that the entire e-governance platform of Edo State Government is being run and operated from the backend by unknown non-state actors and no one within the entire Public Service of Edo State has administrative control of…

Data Breach: CASER hails NIMC stance, demands diligent prosecution of perpetrators

Lukman Laleye Babalola

A civil society group,Citizen Advocacy for Social and Economic Rights CASER has backed efforts by the National Identity Management Commission NIMC to address issues of data breach by online vendors.   It also urged the agency to go all out to ensure that individuals within and outside of its system found culpable in the breach of sensitive data be made to face the full wrath of the law.   The group in a statement signed by its Executive Director ,Frank Tietie said that NIMC had been proactive in identifying and…