Nigerian military raises alarm over attempt to hack its X account

The Defence Headquarters, DHQ, has raised the alarm over an attempted unauthorised compromise of its official X account.
This is contained in a statement by the Director of Defence Information, Major General Samaila Uba, on Saturday.
Uba said the incident was being treated as a cybersecurity matter, with appropriate technical measures activated to secure the account and prevent further unauthorised access.
According to him, efforts were ongoing to fully restore control of the official account, urging members of the public, the media and other stakeholders to disregard any suspicious, unauthorised or misleading content that might be posted from the account during the period.
The mi...