General News of Monday, 1 October 2018Source: www.ghanaweb.comLack of cyber security awareness cause of persistent online scams – Ministerplay videoMinister for Communications, Ursula Owusu-EkufulMinister for Communications, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has blamed the persistent rate of online scams on Ghanaians’ lack of cyber security awareness. Speaking at the launch of this year’s National Cyber Security Awareness Month, the minister noted that many people, both young and old, have fallen prey to various cybercrimes due to their lack of understanding of the space. She also bemoaned the rate of mobile money fraud noting that most of those cases could have been prevented if the patrons were fully aware of the operations. Lack of awareness on the cyber risks and trends by majority of our citizens; that is it.”Mrs Owusu-Ekuful noted that as part of the National Cyber Security Awareness Month, the ministry of communications will be conducting sensitisation programmes on such matters. This year’s event also saw the launch of Ghana’s National Cyber Security Awareness Programme dubbed ‘A Safer Digital Ghana” which aims at raising awareness on cybercrimes and cybersecurity issues among children, the public, business and government.

Source: GhanaWeb October 01, 2018 17:26 UTC