The National Identity Management Commission (NIM) has urged Nigerians to beware of four websites harvesting people's data.
The National Identity Management Commission has warned Nigerians against the activities of some unauthorised websites harvesting people’s data
On June 20, Paradigm Initiative, a pan-African social enterprise, raised alarm over its discovery of the sale of national identification numbers , bank verification numbers , and other data of Nigerians on a website for as low as N100.According to the organisation, a website known as ‘AnyVerify.com.ng’ was discovered to be involved in the commercial distribution of personal and private data of Nigerians.
“NIMC urges the public to disregard any claims or services these websites offer and should not give their data as they are potentially fraudulent and data provided by the public on such websites are gathered and stored to build the data services they illegally provide.“Consequently, the public should know that the commission has taken robust measures to safeguard the nation’s database from cyber threats- a secure, world-class, full-proof database is in place.
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