She said this at a seminar at the Labadi beach hotel on Wednesday, October 25, meant to educate companies and individuals who use the internet as a major tool for business.

“Cyber predictions for 2018 and beyond DDoS attacks will increase to 17million by 2020.Data breaches are also expected to grow by 40% a year by 2019” she predicted.

“The number and complicity of cyber-attacks is on the rise and are becoming more and more sophisticated by the day. We have found that digital crime is a growing dimension of crime, and the reason for this is because criminals have the enormity, they can hide behind the dark web and not be seen and operate from anywhere in the world and have a wide reach of targets, working from their homes”

There are 556 million cybercrime victims a year which equates to more than 1.5million per day and 18 victims per second.

The Commissioner of Insurance at the company, who also graced the occasion, stated that cyber-crime has been persistent but under-reported by victims who fear they might lose their businesses.

“The issue of cybercrime has been something that has been going on for quite some time now. We have had instances where banks have been hit by hackers or fraudsters but unfortunately they cannot come out to say what is happening because every is afraid that if you come and tell the whole that this is what has happened to me people would get scared and take their money out of you bank,” he noted.

Mr. Chark Uekermann of Aves Cyber Security, who gave a presentation on cybercrime and how it works stated cybercriminals are difficult to find, because of the nature of the crimes they operate.

“Cybercrime is probably one of the most difficult things because when you see a physical criminal the police can I identify and arrest him. Has any of you seen a cyber-criminal before? And that’s the problem, you can’t see them,” Mr Chan explained.

“Now cybercriminals coming into our country do you monitor them? You can’t, because they came through zeros and ones, they come through our networks, and that’s the problem because we can’t see them. On average there are five new viruses launched every sec of the day.” he added.

He further advised internet users to exercise the utmost caution in order to ensure that they do not become victims of cyber-crime while using software on their phones or computers.

“Those nuisances updates you get on your operating systems don’t undo those, they are critical because the vendors have identified certain loopholes in the software and they are actually trying to patch it for you, we call it patches. Make sure you do those updates and obviously backup your data” he urged.

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About a week ago, stories of Ghanaians seeking asylum in Brazil after the World Cup made the headlines in the international media.

The stories revealed that the fans  had stated religious conflicts as the basis for their appeals to the Brazilian  government.

In a statement sent out on the 15th of July and signed by the Minister of Youth and Sports, Mahama Ayariga, the Ministry has called for documents from the various travel and tour agencies contracted to convey fans to Brazil to support the national team.The documents reveal the following:

1. Apart from Ghanaian fans sponsored by the Ministry, individuals and other organisations passengers were on board the same flight.

2. The total number of  Ministry of Youth and Sports sponsored passengers were 612.

3. A total of 807 passengers boarded the flight from Accra to Brazil.

4. A total number of 704 passengers boarded the flight from Brazil back to Accra.

5. A passenger shortfall of 103 is yet to return from Brazil.

6. 195 passengers who were privately sponsored by themselves or corporate entities were on board the departure flight.

Meanwhile the Ministry of Youth and Sports is working closely with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration to discern the identity of the Ghanaian asylum seekers.

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Noerci da Silva Melo who heads the Federal Police office in the city of Caxias do Sul said that over the past week 200 Ghanaians asked for asylum. The Justice Ministry will decide whether to grant their requests and in the meantime, they are allowed to work and circulate in Brazil.

The Justice Ministry did not immediately comment.

Melo said close to 150 of the Ghanaians have left Caxias do Sul for the states of Sao Paulo and Santa Catarina where they have a better chance of finding employment.

Melo said the Ghanaians said they were Muslims who were “fleeing the violent conflicts between different Muslim groups.”

He said they all entered Brazil legally to watch their country’s team play in Natal, Fortaleza and Brasilia. Ghana finished last in its group, losing to the United States and Portugal and reaching a draw with Germany.

Vanessa Perini Moojen of the Roman Catholic Church’s Migrant Support Center said the asylum-seekers “faced life-threatening situations back home.” She would not elaborate.

“They feel they can find work and better living conditions in Brazil,” she added.

The center provided temporary shelter for the Ghanaians at the city’s seminary and helped them prepare their asylum requests.

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