Maintain resilience against cybercrime

On February 4, 2016, hackers pulled off an extraordinary feat; a watershed moment in the history of cybercrime. Cybercriminals launched a massive attack on the Bangladesh Central Bank.

They had targeted to steal approximately $1 billion from the bank’s coffers but got away with $101 million, that was quickly reduced to $81 million after $20 million was reversed. The hackers locked the bank’s system for a while, thus giving time for the loot to be wired from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York all the way to Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation in the Philippines.

We are all grateful for the universal access to information that Internet has provided since the 1980s. The increasingly ubiquitous nature of Internet, and all the emerging technologies associated with it, has in many ways been a blessing to mankind. However, alongside its benefits, there is the dark side to the Internet of Things. Shortly after the Internet was officially born in 1983, a good number of words had not seeped into the Internet space.

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Routine child vaccination imperative

The recent Vaccination Day in Motokwe, orchestrated through collaborative efforts between UNICEF, USAID, BRCS, and the Ministry of Health, underscores a commendable stride towards fortifying child health services.The painful reality as reflected by the Ministry of Health's data regarding the decline in routine immunisation coverage since the onset of the pandemic, is a cause for concern.It underscores the urgent need to address the...

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