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NIMC server was not hacked – FG

The Federal Government has debunked claims that the nation’s National Identity Management Commission, NIMC, server was hacked.

On Monday, reports surfaced that the NIMC system had been hacked and that over three million Nigerians’ National Identification Numbers, or NINs, had been compromised.

However, the Director-General of NIMC, Engr. Aliyu Aziz, declared in a statement on Tuesday that the systems had not been hacked.

They were totally optimized at the highest international security levels, according to him.

Part of the statement read: “Over the years, through painstaking efforts, NIMC has built a robust and credible system for Nigeria’s identity database. The Commission and its infrastructure are certified to the ISO 27001:2013 Information Security Management System Standard which are revalidated annually”.

“Also the possession of an individual’s NIN slip does not amount to access to the National Identity Database.”

The Commission assured Nigerians that it will continue to uphold the highest ethical standards in data security on behalf of the Government to ensure compliance with data protection and privacy regulations.

The NIMC Director-General also explained that the Commission does not use nor store information on the AWS cloud platform or any public cloud.

The Commission reassured the public that the possession of a NIN slip does not give access to the National Identity Database, but that the NIN slip is just a physical assertion of a person’s identity.

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