If 2020 was the year of pandemic lockdown hacking, 2021 was open season for attackers around the world. Ransomware gangs were shockingly aggressive, targeting health care facilities, schools, and critical infrastructure at an alarming rate. And hackers continued to launch supply chain attacks with extensive fallout. With the pandemic still
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Computer systems that are physically isolated from the outside world (air-gapped) can still be attacked. This is demonstrated by IT security experts of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in the LaserShark project. They show that data can be transmitted to light-emitting diodes of regular office devices using a directed
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Six power plants under the management of the Niger Delta Power Holding Company have stopped operations due to a breach in the supply of gas to the facilities. A letter from the NDPHC to the Managing Director of the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Plc stated that the breach was reported by
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Smartwatches are growing in popularity thanks to their compact size and wide-ranging abilities, useful for anything from texting to tracking fitness. Yet the convenience of having a smartwatch close on hand (literally) comes with a caveat—namely, that only one hand can be used to input text on smartwatches. But, one group
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Controversies have continued to trail the sack of eight Nigerian pilots at Arik Air by the airline’s management. While the management alleged that the pilots were dismissed for embarking on “illegal strike action,” the local pilots in the airline claimed that their sack was based on their raising of safety concerns
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Nigeria’s crude oil revenue looks set to decline as Royal Dutch Shell Plc halted crude shipments from the country’s Forcados export terminal amid falling oil production. Bloomberg reported on Wednesday that Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited issued a notice of force majeure on Forcados shipments, effective from midday on
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Spurred on by the triple threats of CO2 emissions, air pollution, and fluctuating oil prices, governments around the world are encouraging auto manufacturers to replace vehicles using internal combustion engines with electrically driven power trains. India, with a surging economy and the world’s dirtiest air, is no exception. The Indian
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The Federal Government plans to introduce digital token comprising 16 alphabets and numbers to replace the current 11-digit National Identity Number effective January, 2022, it has been learnt. As such, the Federal Government plans to make illegal and a punishable offence any company or agency found verifying the 11-digit National Identity
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Drawing strength from the Economic Sustainability Plan (ESP), the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) and the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) are set to unveil over 200,000 Solar Home Systems under the “Solar Power Naija” deal. The Solar Power Naija Programme is being launched under the ESP and will be supervised directly
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The FEC meeting was presided over by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo at the state house on Thursday. Speaking with reporters at the end of the meeting, Aliyu said the total cost of the projects is N211,203,901,210. The minister blamed the erratic power supply in the country on the lack of attention paid to
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