The official website of Nigeria’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has remained offline for nearly three weeks following a cyberattack, with no indication of its restoration as of Monday.
This disruption comes just ahead of the anticipated release of the December inflation report, which is scheduled for January 15, 2025.
It was reported that on December 18, 2024, NBS confirmed that its official website was hacked.
NBS had promised to recover the website, which served as a repository of statistics and information.
This comes as NSB allocated N35 million for cybersecurity in its N9.85 billion budget for 2025.
The hack incident came after an NBS Experience and Security Perception Survey, which showed that Nigerians paid an estimated N2.3 trillion as ransom in 12 months and that 65 percent of households had been affected by kidnapping incidents.
The survey had generated controversy over its veracity.
