Cyber-attack on Malawi immigration authority's passport system
The passport system of Malawi's immigration authority was hit by a cyber-attack. Malawi's president blamed the cyber-attack for problems with passport services, though some questioned this explanation.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Malawi Department of Immigration
- Incident type
- Hacking & intrusion
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Disruption to passport services
- Cause / method
- Cyber-attack on the passport system
- Location
- Malawi
Timeline
- The cyber-attack on Malawi's immigration authority came to light.
- Questions were raised about the Malawian president's explanation that the cyber-attack had caused the passport service problems.
- Further reports emerged of the cyber-attack on Malawi's passport system.
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