A group calling itself “the Nigerian Cyber Army” shut down the electoral commission’s website over the weekend.
The group warned officials not to rig the presidential election during the voting process. The hacked website featured a banner reading “Strucked by Nigerian Cyber Army”, with another saying “security is just an illusion”.
The Independence Electoral Commission (INEC) said in a tweet that it was aware of the hack and was investigating it, although with 120,000 polling stations to manage and major technological problems with biometric card readers, its resources were stretched.
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