Hacking: the new face of cybercrime in Nigeria

The digital age, though welcome on many fronts has brought on its heels a myriad of ills. As at 2011, there were nearly 2 billion internet users and over 5 billion mobile phone connections worldwide and about 294 billion emails and 5 billion phone messages were exchanged. Most people around the worl...

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Authors: Ifeanyi-Ajufo, Nnenna (Author) ; Obalum, Dike Chijioke (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2015
In: African journal of law and criminology
Year: 2015, Volume: 5, Issue: 1, Pages: 47-58
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)
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Summary:The digital age, though welcome on many fronts has brought on its heels a myriad of ills. As at 2011, there were nearly 2 billion internet users and over 5 billion mobile phone connections worldwide and about 294 billion emails and 5 billion phone messages were exchanged. Most people around the world now depend on consistent access and accuracy of these communication channels, where almost all our traditionally recognized dealings, are being done, thus attracting so many cyber crimes including hacking. This paper will analyse the threat of ‘Hacking’ having become a huge concern for the law and presently trending, as the new face of cybercrime particularly for a jurisdiction like Nigeria with little or no cyber crime laws.
ISSN:2045-8525