"FG Foiled 108 Attempts to Hack FEC Virtual Meetings": Pantami Says, Shares More Stunning Revelations

"FG Foiled 108 Attempts to Hack FEC Virtual Meetings": Pantami Says, Shares More Stunning Revelations

  • The minister of communications has made a shocking revelation of how FEC meetings have experienced multiple hack attempts
  • Isa Pantami, who made this revelation while listing the achievements of his ministry, noted that most of the hackers were traced to Europe
  • He added that in the past 42 months FEC virtual meetings have recorded over 100 hack attempts

Isa Pantami, the minister of Communications and Digital Economy, has said that there were multiple attempts to hack the virtual meetings of the Federal Executive Council (FEC).

He made this assertion on Thursday, January 26, 2023, while listing the achievements of his ministry in the past 42 months.

The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, Europe, the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) virtual meeting, FG
Pantami says FEC virtual meetings recorded over 100 hack attempts and they were traced to Europe. Photo credit: Professor Isa Ali Pantami
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The minister disclosed that since the present administration unveiled a policy on virtual engagements for public institutions in 2020, a total of 108 virtual FEC meetings have been held, The Cable reported.

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Pantami also said most of the hack attempts were traced to locations in Europe.

“We had to inform the country where the attacks were coming from,” he said.

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Aregbesola disclosed that most of the culprits were “sent to their Maker.”

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