The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy,Professor Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, has hinted that a total of 3,834,244 cyber attacks were recorded before, during and after the just concluded 2023 Gubernatorial and State Assembly elections in Nigeria.
A statement issued on Wednesday by Dr. Femi Adeluyi, Senior Technical Assistant on Research and Development to the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, explained that such cyber attacks originated from both within and outside the country.
The statement entitled, “Monitoring Nigeria’s Cyberspace Before, During and After the 2023 Gubernatorial and State Assembly Elections,” explained that “During this period and as previously reported, a series of hacking attempts were recorded, including Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS), email and Internet Protocol Spoofing (IPS) attacks, SSH Login Attempts, Brute force Injection attempts, Path Traversal, Detection Evasion, and Forceful Browsing.
“A total of 3,834,244 attacks were recorded, originating from both within and outside Nigeria.
“Daily breakdown of these attacks are:
Friday 17th March, 2023: 1,046,896;
Saturday 18th March, 2023: 1,481,847;
Sunday 19th March, 2023: 327,718 and
Monday 20th March, 2023: 977,783″
The Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Professor Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami), wishes to bring to the attention of the digital economy stakeholders and the general public the Ministry’s activities before, during, and after the 2023 Gubernatorial and State Assembly elections.
“It may be recalled that on the 14th March, 2023, the Office of the Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy released a Press Statement regarding the activities of the Ministry and its parastatals before, during and after the Presidential and National Assembly elections.
“It may also be recalled that the Committee, inaugurated by the Honourable Minister on the eve of the Presidential and National Assembly elections, was charged with the following responsibilities, among others:
“monitoring of Telecommunication Infrastructure for the successful conduct of the 2023 General Elections;