Govt defends Cyber Crime Act

One more cyber crime act 'victim' arraigned in Dar court
Daily News | The National Newspaper (press release) (blog)
THE number of accused persons in the case of violation of the Cyber Crime Act 2015 has increased following the arraignment of an Arusha resident, George Aloyce Kimaryo (34). View Comments. Kimaryo, a hotelier, is accused of publishing inaccurate ...

CUF Defends Members Arrested for Cyber-Bullying Isles Leaders
AllAfrica.com
Zanzibar — Civic United Front (CUF) has defended its two members who are currently in police custody over cyber bullying of top leaders. "Police are not fair; the two men arrested last Wednesday did not abuse or threaten leaders, they only exercised their ...

Student becomes first cyber crime victim
Daily News | The National Newspaper (press release) (blog)
THE Cyber Crime Act of 2015 has started to bite following the arraignment of a student, Benedict Angelo Ngonyani (24), on a charge relating to publication of false information, touching the Chief of Defence Forces (CDF), General Davis Mwamunyange.

The Dark Web. The term was recently nominated for word of the year by Oxford Dictionaries, only to be beaten by an emoji, yes you heard that right. AN EMOJI.

I would like to emphasize on  "DAILYNEWS" article, I wrote –  CYBER crimes are a new type of occurrences in today’s digital age, different from the conventional crimes that we all are used to. Unfortunately, the crimes are rapidly increasing and have no borders.

Above all, the criminal techniques are swiftly changing. In Tanzania for example, more than 999 cybercrimes were reported, according to available data. However, only 212 cases were filed and 132 suspects were charged before a court of...

Cyber crime seminars underway
Daily News
THE Vice-President, Dr Mohamed Gharib Bilal, has said that the government will embark on an awareness education drive for the public as well as build capacity for law enforcers on the newly enacted Cyber Crime Act to make it more effective. Speaking in ...

Kenyan police say they have cracked a cyber crime centre run by 77 Chinese nationals from upmarket homes in the capital, Nairobi.

Africa's security threat as more services go online

Cyber crime costs financial institutions over 9bn/- in two years
IPPmedia
Cyber crime cases are responsible for the theft of more than 9bn/- from various financial institutions in the country in a period of only two years, the National Assembly was informed yesterday. The revelation was aired by Communication, Science and ...