The Federal Government has alerted Nigerians to the
existence of an
Android-based malicious and fraudulent Coronavirus
Ransomware
Application, which claims to provide updates on the virus
and
infections near the user.
In a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday, the Minister of
Information
and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the Ransomware blocks
access to
users’ personal data and accounts and threatens deletion,
unless users
pay One Hundred US Dollars ($100) in Bitcoin within 48
hours.
He said the Ransomware App, detected on the website
www.coronavirusapp.site, prompts users to download an
Android App
purportedly for coronavirus map tracking and heat map
visuals.
Alhaji Mohammed said the development confirms warnings
against cyber
criminals seeking to exploit the growing spread of the virus
for
nefarious gains.
He therefore called on the general public not to download
the
Ransomware App and to seek updates on the pandemic only from
the
appropriate authorities.
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