Online business in this age is a
serious business in that (no matter how little a business strength might be) it
will have its own followership and conversion rate.
However, something of pain {that is
like a boil on the buttocks} for online business owners, is the activities of
hackers. Internet or computer hackers are the nuisance of the online world who
seek to steal individuals/businesses identities and other vital information in
order to either defraud the public or disrupt the online business activities of
the victims.
There are people who have had their
information stolen {online}, who then resorted to warning people on their
contact lists. The warning usually reads, ‘this is to inform everyone on my
list that any messages you receive asking for money or any nude posts you see
on my wall is not from me. I have just discovered that my account has been
hacked’.
Few examples of internet hackers’ activities
As far as Australia, it has been
reported that hackers were trying to infiltrate into a public service for
reasons yet unclear.
According to report, SCAMwatch and
Telstra are warning consumers to hang up the phone if they received a call out
of the blue from someone claiming there is a problem with their internet connection
or computer.
It reads further, “If you provide your
credit card details and give remote access to your computer, the scammer may
not only take more than the stated ‘fee’, but also infect your computer to gain
access to your personal information and commit other acts of fraud”.[1]
It should be recalled that in 2014,
the National Assembly of Nigeria moved against cybercrime when the Senate
passed the Cybercrime Bill.
What is our offence?
We are aware that there are a number
of competitors (in our industry) but which offence have we committed in our
organisation to be subjected to hacking?
For hackers information, we are not
gullible in our organisation: we are not expecting to collect money deposited
in the bank by any demised family relations that we are not associated with; we
are not running after funding that are not transacted through financial
institutions (especially our banker); and we are not expecting to close deals
that are not legal.
That being said, we want to appeal to
every person that has been trying to hack into our system in OLEM EDGE GLOBAL CONCEPT to, please,
desist from it. We are an organisation that promotes ‘social responsibility’
and the ‘concern to reduce social vices through tutoring’.
Instead of trying to bring us down
(via the internet) why not use the internet to support our cause? If you could
not fund our social responsibility programmes, then, use the internet to
publicise our programmes.
[1]
SCAMWATCH, Scammers pretending to be from Telstra Technical Support continue
cold-calling Australians, 2014.
