NIMC Says National Identity Database not Breached

National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has described news of the alleged breach of the national identity database as false.

Mr Kayode Adegoke, spokesman of the agency, in a statement titled “NIMC Data Not Breached”, noted that the reported breach of its database on social media was also a hoax with mischievous intent.

According to the statement, “The commission investigated the data breach claim and found out that the database schema presented by the adversary does not tally with the existing schema of NIMC records.

“The data being posted by criminals purporting to contain citizens’ information is fake.

“The NIMC would like to assure the public that there have been no such breaches or incidents.

“The NIMC guarantees the security of the National Identity Database through various layers of security and can assure that no data was breached.”

The federal government through the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) had last week ordered telecommunications companies to deactivate telephone lines of subscribers who failed to link their phones to their National Identification Number (NIN).