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Cybercrime is rapidly increasing in Ghana, with over 4,000 cyber attacks targeting businesses in 2024 alone. Experts are calling for increased security measures and public awareness to combat the growing threat and protect sensitive data. #cybersecurity #Ghana #cybercrime #DDoS #phishing #ransomware
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According to data from Innovari Africa,
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Ghana is increasingly becoming a hot
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spot for cyber crime in the sub region.
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The company said in 2024 alone, over
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4,000 cyber attacks have been targeted
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at different businesses across Ghana.
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The attack
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vectors are local. Okay?
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you know, in 2024
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uh we recorded what 4,7
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53 DDoS attacks in Ghana. DDoS is denial
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of service. Okay. It's one of the most
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easiest form of attacks. Okay.
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General manager for innovar in charge of
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English-speaking countries has cautioned
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individuals and entities to take
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precaution against such threats.
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Okay. So looking at the thread landscape
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and the volume of attack that Ghana as a
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country and its institutions are facing
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is really really very alarming. There's
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an increase in ransomware attack.
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There's an increase in fishing attack.
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So every hands has to be on deck. The
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public and the private sector, you know,
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the public sector supporting with the
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fund, the private sector supporting with
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the expertise, all hand has to be on
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deck to tackle this and help reduce that
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volume of attack and provide a
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mitigation for any form of attack to the
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country. And when it when it when it
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comes to uh the people, the people needs
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to be educated. Education is very
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important. Security awareness training
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simulations are very important.
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Security consultant Richard Kwami
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Isummeni has called on the National
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Cyber Security Authority to fully
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implement measures to address the
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situation.
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Everything is moving into a digital
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world, right? And it becomes so
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important that we understand, you know,
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what cyber security is all about. I
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mean, now we have smart homes, smart
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watches, everything is smart, right?
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Everything is going to the internet. How
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do you protect and making sure that all
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these things are protected? One of the
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things we can do is to more awareness
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training create awareness. Let's get
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people to know if we partner with the
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government and we start from that early
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ages. Right? By the time they will go to
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university or secondary school, they
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already understand what codings, they
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already understand what cyber security
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is all that. So I think these forums we
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have to be doing it more right to
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improve the digital illiteracy just to
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bridge the gap okay because if we sit
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there and we leave it nothing get done.
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As Ghana continues to embrace digital
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technologies experts warned that the
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threat of cyber crime is likely to grow.
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Citizens, businesses, and government
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institutions must work together to
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safeguard sensitive information and
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build a more secure digital environment
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for the country. And that's report read
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to you.
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