The Managing Director of Galaxy Backbone (GBB), Prof. Muhammad Abubakar has said that the Federal Government blocked over 200 cyber attack during the just concluded February 25 presidential and the National Assembly Elections.
Abubakar disclosed this yesterday in Abuja at the opening session of a two-day Ministerial training for GBB Board members and management staff.
He said, “On the election day alone, we were able to block more than 200 attacks and the next day the attacks geometrically increased to about 1.2 million and all were blocked from our own businesses.”
Abubakar noted that the training with the theme: “Positioning the GBB Team for Effective Management and Leadership in the 4th Industrial Revolution”, was aimed at reviewing the agency’s performance while initiating.
He continued stating that business continuity and cyber space protection committee has been formed to safeguard and regulate digital activities while optimising the GBB’S Technical Services.
