Hackers reportedly sweep over N2.9 billion from Flutterwave accounts
Hackers reportedly sweep over N2.9 billion from Flutterwave accounts Nigerian Fintech company, Flutterwave , has s¥ffered a huge financial loss after hackers reportedly transferred over 2.9 billion Naira from their accounts According to Techpoint Africa, the incident happened in early February, 2023. Documents seen by the publication, reveal that N2,949,557,867 was illegally transferred from the accounts of the African fintech unicorn. On February 19, 2023, Flutterwave’s legal counsel, Albert Onimole, had reported the case to the Deputy Commissioner of Police, State Criminal Intelligence Department, Panti, Yaba, Lagos. Per Onimole’s letter, the hack on Flutterwave’s accounts occurred about two weeks ago. It was said that the money was initially transferred to 28 accounts in 63 transactions. While the incident was reported to the police on February 13, 2023, with the list of accounts that had received the money, the police could not freeze the funds. According to Flutterwave, some comme...