Hackers take over NBS website

Hackers have compromised the website of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).

Checks by TheCable on Wednesday evening revealed that the landing page website of the agency — www.nigerianstat.gov.ng — is showing an inscription: “Page hacked” with a white background.

Confirming the development, NBS, in a post published on X, asked members of the public to ignore any report published on its website until it recovers the website.

“This is to inform the public that the NBS Website has been hacked and we are working to recover it. Please disregard any message or report posted until the website is fully restored. Thank you,” the agency said.

This is to inform the public that the NBS Website has been hacked and we are working to recover it. Please disregard any message or report posted until the website is fully restored.
Thank you.

— NBS Nigeria (@NBS_Nigeria) December 18, 2024

The development comes 24 hours after the agency published its crime experience and security perception survey report.

In the report, the NBS said Nigerians paid N2.23 trillion as ransom in one year between May 2023 and April 2024.

The agency indicated that an estimated 51.89 million crime incidents were recorded across Nigerian households during the period.

The report said the north-west recorded the highest crime incidents estimated to be over 14 million, while the south-east has the least with over six million cases.

The NBS report also shows that the crime incidence in the rural area (26,526,069) was higher than that of the urban area (25,360,963).