A hacker, who
was allegedly paid N600,000, has been arrested by operatives of the NSCDC in
Abeokuta, Ogun State, for allegedly erecting a radio mast with the aim of
hacking the virtual Private network of the Joint Admission and Matriculation
Board (JAMB)
He was
arrested alongside the proprietor of Bright Technologies, an IT company.
The hacker’s
wife and other accomplices were also arrested by the NSCDC team from Abuja.
Two suspects
were said to be on the run. One of the suspects, identified only as Tosin,
confessed that the deal they were contracted for was to extend the JAMB
network, from an accredited Computer Based Test centre in Abeokuta to some
cyber cafe operators in the area where candidates can be registered illegally
for the 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.
The corps said
that during the interrogation, the proprietor also confessed that he created
over 400 User Names and passwords.
“We are using
unlicensed spectrum to transmit to our customers using 2.4 gigabyte and 5.8
gigabyte radio. On March 28, they came from Kindle e-Learning Service that they
wanted Internet services and after three days, they came again, (Tosin, Segun
and Jide) that they wanted us to configure VPN for them.
“They told me
they needed our services only during the JAMB registration and on April 1, we
went to their office. They gave me the IP (Internet Protocol) address and I did
pinging from my own Router. I have collected about N600,000 so far from Kindle
e-Learning,” he allegedly confessed.
The JAMB Head
of Information, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, said the intention of the group was to
completely demobilise the Board process.
“With what we
saw, we are of the strong opinion that the DSS should also come in to consolidate
on the investigation done by NSCDC.
“This is
because if this group has the IP address of any bank; they could take the whole
money in the banks" he said.
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