Hackers Gain Access Into Jamb's Site Divert Over N10M

 

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) as disclosed that hackers have gained access into it's internet site and altered the profile of it's ad hoc staff.

According to the CABLE, Ishaq Oloyede, the registrar of the board,spoke on Tuesday,April 13 while addressing journalists in Abuja.

In his words:

"Over N10million which was set aside as allowance for the ad hoc staff was diverted"

"The board uncovered the fraud after a careful investigation, which led to the arrest of one Sahabi Zubabiru from Taraba stae,among several others"

"Government policy reuires that monies meant for ad hoc staff are paid into the accounts of the beneficiaries, a situation that gave room for 'this kind of challenge the board was facing'"

Oloyede decried the failure of the accounting department to detect the fraud by cross-checking the names o  the accounts to ensure that they tallied with those listed on the website or owners of the  codes.

The JAMB boss however, have noted that the ad hoc staff of the board have since been paid, stating an assurance that the stolen money will be recovered from thr fraudstars and the perpetrators will be handed over to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commssion (EFCC).

Oloyede disclosed that the fraudsters gained access to the profiles by using Key Logger, a software that allows access to the profile of anyone who has logged in using a public cybercafe even after the person has logged out and gone.

He said : "the site wasn't for application to becme JAMB ad hoc staff, but for JAMB ad hoc staff to supply their account details and names for payment of their allowances."

"Zubairu deleted the names of the original ad hoc staff and their telephone numbers and substituted them with his, adding that those affected include code numbers 313 and 312 among others.

Atleast ten scammers were paraded by JAMB before journalists on Tuesday in Bwari, Abuja admitted to the crime and said they were lured into it by Zubairu."

While narrating how he carried out the crime, Zubairu said a friend of his, known as Samuel Tanko (now at large), introduced him to the website and supplied him with a code to apply as a JAMB ad hoc staff when they met at one Saltee Cybercafe in Takum.

Zubairu have since confessed to the crime and that he lured about 12people into the crime, some of whom are his family members and claimed that he received  over N400,000 diverted into his account. Nasiru Mohammed, one of the alleged fraudsters claimed that he received N220,000 payment from JAMB while other said they got between N286,000 to N440,000.