SAN FRANCISCO, December 23, (THEWILL) – The National Identity Management Commission, NIMC has debunked rumoured breach of the National Identity Database.
NIMC, in a statement on Wednesday by the Head, Corporate Communications, Kayode Adegoke, said there was no breach of its database.
“The National Identity Management Commission, NIMC, would like to bring to the attention of the members of the general public that the purported breach of the National Identity Database going round the social media is false, a hoax and mischievous intent.
“The MIMC would like to assure the public that there have been no such breaches or incidents. Investigations on the alleged data dump were found to be non-existent in the National Identity Database”, the statement said.
It further added that the commission investigated the data breach claim and found out that the database schema presented by the adversary did not tally with the existing schema of NIMC records.
“The data being posted by criminals purporting to contain citizens’ information is fake.
“The NIMC guarantees the security of the National Identity Database through various layers of security and can assure that no data was breached.
“The members of the general public are, therefore, enjoined to refrain spreading false reports on the purported data breach”, NIMC said.
On Tuesday, the commission reiterated its commitment to ensure every Nigeria is issued an identification number. According to a news report by Arise TV, NIMC assured Nigerians of its capacity to deliver on the timeframe scheduled for the linkage of mobile numbers with the National Identification Number (NIN).
