The registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede has disclosed that hackers recently had unautorised access to its website and stole over ₦10 million meant for its adhoc staff.
Prof. Oloyede stated that the cyber hack was uncovered after thorough investigations which led to the gang leader Sahabi Zubairu from Takum in Taraba State.
The JAMB boss, who noted that ad hoc staff of the board have since been paid, assured that the stolen money will be recovered. He added that the perpetrators handed over to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Throwing more light on how the hackers gained entry into the JAMB website, Oloyede said that they used Key Logger, a software that allows access to the profile of anyone who has logged in using a public cybercafé even after the person has logged out and left.
He said that the site wasn’t for application to become JAMB ad hoc staff, but for JAMB ad hoc staff to supply their account details and names for payment of their allowances.
After accessing the website, Oloyede continued, Zubairu deleted the names of the original ad hoc staff and their telephone numbers and substituted them with his, adding that those affected include code numbers 313 and 312, among others.
He concluded by stating that at least ten scammers participated in the cyber heist.
Explaining the crime unfolded, Zubairu said a friend of his, known as Samuel Tanko (now at large), introduced him to the website and supplied him with a code to apply as a JAMB ad hoc staff when they met at one Saltee Cybercafé in Takum.
Zubairu confessed that he lured at least 12 people into the crime, some of whom are his family members. He added that he received over N400,000 diverted into his account.
Nasiru Mohammed, one of the alleged culprits, said he received N220,000 payment from JAMB while others said they got between N286,000 to N440,000.
