Personal information of more than 50 past and current SSS employees, including that of the agency's DG - his mobile phone number, and bank account particulars, were posted in the comment section of a website.
AP wrote that the information was leaked along with a threatening message that claimed to come from Boko Haram. .
"This is a national embarrassment," said one intelligence official, who spoke on condition of anonymity as information about the leak was not to have been made public.
Marilyn Ogar, a spokeswoman for the SSS, did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Thursday about the leak.
Though the comments have been removed from the website, cached versions of the comments remain online and intelligence service agents have been killed by Boko Haram members in the past.
The list includes former and current agents across the country, including Director-General Ekpeyong Ita. Those reached by the AP who were willing to talk expressed disbelief that sensitive information like that could make its way to the Internet.
"I was shocked to see my details posted on the Internet," said one former agent, who declined to be named out of safety concerns. "I've not heard anything from anybody. I was surprised that such information could be leaked."
32 comments:
Coruption and threats everywhere. Nawa 4 dis bokoharams.
Coruption and threats everywhere. Nawa 4 dis bokoharams.
Coruption and threats everywhere. Nawa 4 dis bokoharams.
THE PPLE BEHIND DZ MUST B CAUGHT, IN JESUS NAME...
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This is not true . What's the website.
Goodluck jonathan God b wit u nd guide u, i c u r a strong man, dey try evry means 2 fustrate ur govt. bt God's judgement is upon them.. LEAD ON GOD HAS PUT U THEIR ND HE WILL C U ALL THE WAY THRU..
This is Nigeria,so expect anything dear. But d least we could for d people dat stake their lives to protect others is to keep what is confidential-confidential. God bless Nigeria.~BONARIO~says so via NOKIA3310.
Boko haram should start buying "sense" only them can start the bloody revolution Nigeria needs..... Start by killing all those hausa leaders, then move to the south west and south east and south -south! They should show it for us to see on national tv, and then they will become National heroes.
Na wa for this nigeria ooooo, we are not just safe at all
Lmao.."A national embarrassment" is an understatement.
It has happened here in the good ol mighty USA so anything saved on any online anything can get to the wrong hands. With that said, I think the best they can do is what they did. Those BH SEF. I thot they hated western education. So they have some graduates amongst them sponsoring and supporting. God will reveal you all soon
there is no hiding place again oo. now we know we must fight dis so called boko haram and flush them from the face of this earth.
State stupidity service.Really shows how safe we can get then. Yeye people
linda stop posting boko haram comment oh , before they attack us, as for me, no more information, i can only comment as mazi onye na ekweu
Lmao at Boko haram should start buying "sense" only them can start the bloody revolution Nigeria needs..... Start by killing all those hausa leaders, then move to the south west and south east and south -south! They should show it for us to see on national tv, and then they will become National heroes.
how can evil trash out evil?
Now you know why there is a lot of sabotage involved in the fight and no progress in curbing the problem
Too many Judases in their midst.
Second question is why didn't AP pull the comment? that is why such leaks thrive. the right investigators can even trace who did the upload etc and plug that hole
Abegi make I hear word. These things are not unheard of. They happen anywhere. Una too de do like say na only Nigeria wrong things de happen. When Osama Bin Laden was killed, the SEAL team that terminated him was suppossed to remain unknown. But within 30 days Al-qaeda got their identities, including the NATO base they operated from. All 30 of them were killed by Al-qaeda with a single rocket propelled grenade fired against their Chinook chopper when they were taking off from that NATO base. That is the so called 'world super power' america. It is also in our presence that wikileaks released millions of uncensored intelligence secretes of almost all countries in the world including your so called 'western powers'. You people are pulling the roof over just 50 SSS names and phone numbers, which could have been released by any aggrieved SSS staff that probably was not paid his gratuity on time or may be was unceremoniously trasfered from a post. Please you guys should support our troops for once. They have been able to tackle boko haram to a stand still in a manner that America/NATO could not do to the Taliban for 11 years, Somalia could not do to Al-shabab for 20 years, Mali could not do to the Tuaregs as we can see today, and so much more around the world. A british soldier currently serving in Afghanistan who is a friend of mine recently said that Nigeria has the best infantry corps in the world, above any other. They know these things.
Secure systems hacking has been going on for a long while. USA, UK etc have these issues. An example is wilkileaks Julian Assange...
it only means there is a leak in the SSS....which also means they are weak
Wait, I thought Boko Haram was against Western education and all things that have to do with it. So how come they're this technologically savvy? They should just come out and ask for money like we know they want. Bloody cowards.
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@ Anon 8.19 pm I don delete their no sharp sharp thanks for the info Jare , wanted to get it for my Orobo sista in law , aaabeg which one she fit use .??????????? And ideas ?
God will bless u real good for the analysis...it can happen to any developed country and u gave a very good example of that US navy seal.. We nid to kip encouragin our own instead of castigating dem. Even though they are not perfect, These people sacrificed there lives and happiness for you to sleep with both eyes closed...they deserved your commendation... So to hell with the rogue agent who exposed their names. God bless ma country, God bless Nigerian Army, Police and SSS and Godbless the good people of Naija...
Saduwa, brilliant information. I learnt a lot. Thanks but I know some daft ppl would stil yarn rubbish, its all they came into dis world to do, God brought them for something else, but they chose hate n frustration towards humans.
whats the point of the story if you dont tell us the webpage, cached or not
nawa oo for Nigerian's
@Saduwa. We need more people wt positive mind like u. God bless u real good. Nigeria shall overcome d evil ones vry soon. God bless Nigeria.
if a whole SSS can be penetrated and threatened, then what is our fate...Nigeria is fucked mehn!
Very good analysis Saduwa, but pls get ur facts straight. Out of the 30 people that died in that crash, only 17 were Navy Seals, and out of the 17, only 15 were from d same Unit that killed Osama. They were not involved in d combat op that killed him. They were just from d same unit - Stynoski
The F.G knows what to do but they will never put the right people at the right places. There are many qualified young graduates that can help secure the information systems but yet Government would not employ them.
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