The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday
alerted Nigerians of the many risks involved in accessing social media contents
using the Virtual Private Network (VPN).
The party raised the alert in a statement issued by Sen.
John Akpanudoedehe, the National Secretary of its Caretaker and Extra-ordinary
Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), on Tuesday in Abuja.
It explained that VPN is vulnerable to the heinous
activities of criminal hackers who could steal data and monies in bank
accounts.
“The APC warns legitimate private and public entities operating in the country to avoid the many dangers of exposing themselves to cybercrimes through the use of VPN, which is not adequately secured.
“This advisory is necessary because despite the massive
compliance by Nigerians to the Federal Government’s suspension of Twitter
operations in the country, some individuals in the country have resorted to VPN
to assess Twitter, whose unwholesome activities are detrimental to the peace
and public order in the country,” said the party.
It, therefore, advised those using the VPN to desist in
their own interests in order to avoid the following risks: data theft, illegal
access to strategic company documents and possible economic espionage.
According to the party, VPN users expose their devices to
vulnerabilities as the network allows third-party access to personal data.
It said VPN could also change users’ location to another
country, thus compromising data integrity.
It explained that many individuals and organisations using
VPN have lost their investments after compromising the security of their
devices.
It, therefore, advised Nigerians to protect their privacy
and security online.
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