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  • Fake social media ‘likes’: Police arrest operators of huge Click Farm

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    Ediri Oyibo
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    Three Chinese workers have been arrested at a rented Thailand house for operating a huge click farm and working without a permit. Motherboard reports the gigantic click farm in Thailand is latest to be caught. https://twitter.com/lmatsakis/status/874352947752189952 The click farm had over 500 cell phones and 350,000 SIM cards. The setup also included nine computers and…

  • Russian banks, ministries hit by viral attacks the most

    Russian banks, ministries hit by viral attacks the most

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    Ediri Oyibo
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    Russia’s central bank said Saturday the country’s banking system was hit by a mass cyberattack, as several ministries and the railway system also reported attempted breaches. The central bank’s IT attack monitoring centre “detected mass distribution of harmful software of the first and second type,” according to a central bank statement quoted by Russian news…

  • Africa experiencing explosive data growth, says Smile Telecoms

    Africa experiencing explosive data growth, says Smile Telecoms

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    Ediri Oyibo
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    Mr Ahmad Farroukh, the Executive Director of Operations, Smile Telecommunications says Africa is experiencing explosive data growth. Farroukh said in a statement in Lagos on Saturday that he would lead the operations of Smile, the continent’s 4G LTE network to ensure that Africans enjoyed the data revolution. He said that Smile had revolutionary technology applications…