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| Odusan, COO, NIRA |
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| Dr. Ekuwem, GCEO, Teledom Group |
They also decried the fact that some Nigerians have resorted
to hacking, especially now that the country is yet to get her own cyber laws.
Webopedia, an online encyclopedia, described a hacker as a
term used for a computer enthusiast, that is, a person who enjoys learning
programming languages and computer systems and could often be considered an
expert on the subject(s). Among professional programmers, depending on how it’s
used, the term could be either complimentary or derogatory, although it is
developing an increasingly derogatory connotation than complimentary.
Also, word experts at Webopedia, the pejorative sense of
hacker is becoming more prominent largely because the popular press has
co-opted the term to refer to individuals who gain unauthorized access to
computer systems for the purpose of stealing and corrupting data.
Hackers, themselves, maintain that the proper term for such
individuals is crackers, and not hackers.
However, reacting to the development following the aftermath
of the weeklong protest over the removal of fuel subsidy by President Goodluck
Jonathan, which has seen some government and its allied institution’s website
being defaced one way or another.
At the last count, at least, about three known government
agencies had their website mutilated including the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission (EFCC), National Food, Drug Administration and Control
(NAFDAC) and Nigerian Army Education Corps (NAEC) to name a few.
For the group chief executive of Teledom International
Group, Dr. Emmanuel Ekuwem lamented the fact that hacking is a cybercrime and
Nigeria is still yet to finalise on cyber security law.
Ekuwem, who was the immediate past president of Association
of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON), also decried that certain
Critical National Information Infrastructure have not been classified,
describing these state as sad, even as he noted that without adequate law in
place it would be difficult to criminalize hacking of any website in the
country, let alone those belonging to the Federal Government.
“Do we have a cybercrime and cyber security law in place?
No! Sad! Have we designated our Critical National Information Infrastructure?
No! Sad! There is no law yet that criminalizes the hacking of FG or any web
sites. Pity!” he lamented.
And for the chief operating officer, Nigeria Internet
Registration Association (NIRA), Mr. Ope Odusan, urged online business owners
in the country to take time out to know their web hosting companies.
“I recommend that website owners adopt a Know Your Hosting
(KYH) company and demand their security programme for Distributed Denial of
Service (DDoS) attack,” he advised, explaining that DDoS is an attack where
multiple compromised systems, which are usually infected with a Trojan; are
used to target a single system causing a Denial of Service (DoS) attack.
Remmy Nweke
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