US to Help Nigeria Battle Cyber Crime
Nigeria is trying to salvage its reputation of being an axis for cyber crime and infamous scams by partnering with the U.S. government to take strides toward improving its image and bolstering monitoring and investigations skills.
Bashir Gwandu, the acting executive vice chairman of the Nigeria Communications Commission, told NEXT how email scams claiming to be from Nigerian institutions have significantly hurt the country’s image internationally. The partnership with the United States is an attempt to deal with the problems and combat the challenges cyber crimes present, Gwandu said. He added how the FBI and other U.S. top security agencies have leading expertise in tracing the origins of viruses, scam mails, and in identifying the physical locations of servers used to host terrorists’ websites.
“This wealth of experience, if acquired by Nigerians, will go a long way in reducing the impact of cyber crime committed in the name of Nigerians,” Gwandu said.
In a meeting last week where Nigerian and U.S. officials met to discuss the problems with cyber crime in Nigeria, Perry Ball, the counselor for economic affairs of the U.S. Embassy, offered to help the Nigerian government by providing training and capacity building so the country can better handle the challenges.
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