Two students allegedly hacked MTN computers and stole airtime and data worth N1.9 billion

NIGERIA — The Police Special Fraud Unit, Ikoyi, Lagos have brought two students before the Federal High Court in Lagos for allegedly hacking MTN Nigeria Communication’s computers and stealing airtime and data worth N1.9 billion.
The students were arraigned before Justice Akintayo Aluko, on a four-count charge of conspiracy, unauthorised access into the company’s web-based platform known as Application Programming Interface (API) and unlawful conversion. The duo, who pleaded not guilty, and others at large, allegedly committed the offence between January and April this year, in Lagos and Edo states... thenationonlineng.net