Hackers allegedly steal N2.9bn from Flutterwave
Reports have am say illegally transfer of ₦2,949,557,867 happen from di accounts of African fintech unicorn, Flutterwave. From di look of things, na hackers allegedly steal di N2.9bn from Flutterwave
Di tech giant counsel, Albert Onimole, report di case to di Deputy Commissioner of Police, State Criminal Intelligence Department, Panti, Yaba, Techcabal report.
According to Onimole letter, di hack on Flutterwave accounts happen about some weeks ago and he reveal say di amount biu dey initially transferred to 28 accounts in 63 transactions.
Although di accounts wey receive di money dey for list, di police neva freeze di receiving accounts so data dem no go move di money.
According to Flutterwave, some commercial banks allow di money to dey moved to other accounts, and dat one dey widen di money trail.
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Also, to investigate di accounts wey dey hold di stolen funds across various financial institutions for Nigeria, S.A. Adedesin, Legal Officer, State CID, Panti, Yaba, file suit for di Magistrate Court of Lagos to support Flutterwave claims.
Di suit dey between di Commissioner of Police and di affected 28 commercial banks.
While documents no dey to confirm weda court don rule in favour of Inspector Micheal motion, some people don confirm say dia accounts don freeze in connection to di hack.
Per di motion wey Adebesin file, 107 accounts, including fifth beneficiaries of those accounts, go dey placed on lien/Post-No-Debit (PND).
With di stolen funds wey dey distributed across several accounts, which, according to tweets, fit or fit no get anything to do with di hack, e neva clear at this time who hack Flutterwave.
Questions about how hackers allegedly steal N2.9bn from Flutterwave, how dem take access Flutterwave security and wetin e mean for di unicorn customers still dey unanswered.
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