The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has denied rumours that its national identity database has been breached.
There had been earlier speculations that some individuals are selling off the data of Nigerians on the cyberspace.
But in a statement issued by NIMC spokesman, Kayode Adegoke, on Wednesday, the commission said the rumours are false and mischievous.
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It noted that the data of Nigerians are safe in its custody and that the information of citizens being circulated on the internet are false and not from its database.
“The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) would like to bring to the attention of the members of the general public that the purported breach of the National Identity Database going round the social media is false, a hoax, and of mischievous intent,” the statement said.
“The NIMC would like to assure the public that there have been no such breaches or incidents. Investigations on the alleged data dump were found to be non-existent in the National Identity Database.
“The Commission investigated the data breach claim and found out that the database schema presented by the adversary does not tally with the existing schema of NIMC records. The data being posted by criminals purporting to contain citizens’ information is fake.
“The NIMC guarantees the security of the National Identity Database through various layers of security and can assure that no data was breached.
“The members of the general public are, therefore, enjoined to refrain from spreading false reports on the purported data breach.”
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