By Modupe Gbadeyanka
A popular webhosting platform, NameCheap, has actually suspended a Nigerian site, XpressVerify, which was implicated of commercialising information of Nigerians<<< < < READ FULL ARTICLE>>> > > >
FIJ Nigeria had on Sunday reported that the site had “unlimited access to the National Identification Numbers (NINs) and individual information of every signed up Nigerian.”
The business charges N200 to obtain individual information of any Nigerian signed up by the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) for NIN.
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Individual information of Nigerians like contact number, complete names, NIN, address and photos might be accessed after the payment of N200.
After protest following the report of the declared information breach, NameCheap verified that it has actually removed the domain.
“The domain has actually been suspended. Thank you for reporting the problem,” it stated.
A check by Business Post established this, as at the time of filing this report, the site was not available.
The Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Mr Bosun Tijani, who was asked to check out the matter, stated NIMC was no longer his ministry.
“NIMC is no longer under @FMCIDENigeria however our @ndpcnger will deal with associates at @nimc_ng to examine this instantly. Thanks for sharing,” Mr Tijanu stated.
In the peak of COVID-19 crisis and lockdown in 2020, Mr Tijani’s predecessor, Mr Ali Pantami, required Nigerians to sign up for NIN, stating it was needed to deal with insecurity in the nation.
He offered due date to detach phone lines not related to NIN, triggering desperate Nigerians to break the COVID-19 social distancing guideline, which needed about one to 2 meters in between 2 individuals.
NIMC, in a declaration on Sunday by its Head of Corporate Communications, Mr Kayode Adegoke, guaranteed Nigerians of the security of their information, dissociating itself from XpressVerify.
“The commission wants to state that it uses NIN confirmation and other services through certified partners. XpressVerify is not one of the commission’s certified partners.”
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“We reveal our appreciation to our media partners and the whistleblowers for bringing this to our attention and desire to ensure Nigerians and legal citizens that there is no information breach of any sort and the Citizens’ information is safe and safe and secure in Nigeria’s National identity database.
“The Director General and Chief Executive Officer of NIMC, Engr. Abisoye Coker-Odusote has actually without delay purchased a thorough examination into the matter to learn if any of the Commission’s Tokenisation confirmation representatives has in any method breached the licensing arrangement either straight or through any of their sub-licensees,” the declaration stated<<< < < READ FULL ARTICLE>>> > > >