Tanzania blocks X after police account is hacked
The Tanzania Police Force's X account was hacked. Following the hack of the police account, Tanzania blocked access to X, citing national security. Access blocking linked to cyber-attacks on government accounts continued thereafter.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Tanzania Police Force
- Incident type
- Hacking & intrusion
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Compromise of the police X account
- Cause / method
- Not confirmed
- Location
- Tanzania
Timeline
- The hack of the Tanzania Police Force's X account was reported.
- Tanzania blocked access to X, citing national security, after the police account was hacked.
- Access to X remained blocked following cyber-attacks on government accounts.
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