Niger coup: Hacker ring targets Nigerian companies over Ecowas threat of military action

Sudanese hacker group, has said it is targeting Nigerian companies over the threat of military action in Niger Republic.

This is coming as Nigeria’s national IT agency issued an advisory to the public as the group attacks NITDA and MTN.

Early this week, anonymous Sudan, a pro-Russian hacktivist group, issued a warning to Nigerians on its Telegram channel.

The group also claimed it had launched a cyberattack against MTN Nigeria, the country’s largest telcom.

Although MTN has not confirmed the attack but the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) confirmed in a statement that anonymous Sudan targeted its digital infrastructure and advised Nigerian financial service providers, government bodies, and telcos to prepare for a series of attacks.

The agency also outlined ways to prevent the attacks.

According to the hacker group, the attack, the first in what it claimed will be a series, is motivated by Nigeria’s proposed military intervention in Niger.

“They are attempting to cut power and are willing to participate in the French colonialistic planned invasion of Niger,” read a statement from the group on its Telegram channel.

Nigeria as part of its measures to box the junta government to a helpless corner, cut power supply to Niger, the first of sanctions against the country.

The sanctions are in response to the removal of Niger’s President Mohamed Bazoum by the junta.

West Africa’s regional bloc-ECOWAS, led by President Bola Tinubu, ordered the coup plotters to restore Bazoum within one week or face military action.

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