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Chainalysis incident: African fintechs must treat tokens like payment keys
Chainalysis provides crypto platforms, banks and investigators with tools to analyse blockchains and screen risky transactions. The company now confirms exposure of account data, password hashes and live tokens for all users.
Binance: what the $6.3 billion theft means for African financial platforms
Binance is a global cryptocurrency exchange and custody platform. It confirms compromised online wallets and unauthorised withdrawals across several networks—an incident with direct lessons for the security of African financial services.
Nigeria's rogue base-station warning moves banking fraud into the radio layer
NCC-CSIRT has warned that rogue cellular networks can inject fake bank messages and intercept one-time passwords. The alert is preventive, but it forces telecom operators, banks and fintechs to reconsider how much trust they place in a mobile number.
UBA Zambia: an insider cyberattack stopped before data was altered
A mini PC, mobile router and suspicious commands towards Lagos led to two convictions in Zambia. The case shows how device control, network telemetry and digital evidence can stop and then prove an unfinished cyberattack.