We blocked over 200 cyberatt@cks during the presidential and national assembly elections — FG

The federal government blocked over 200 cyberatt@cks during the presidential and national assembly elections which held on Saturday, February 25, 2023.

This was disclosed by Muhammad Abubakar, the managing director of Galaxy Backbone, an information and communications technology services provider owned by the federal government.

Speaking at an event in Abuja on Tuesday, March 7, Abubakar said: “On the election day alone, we were able to block more than 200 att@cks and the next day, the att@cks geometrically increased to about 1.2 million and all were blocked from our own businesses.”

He said a business continuity and cyberspace protection committee had been formed to guard and regulate digital activities while optimising the GBB’s technical services.