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