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Uganda police have detained nine finance ministry officials in an investigation of hacking the central bank's electronic systems, resulting in the theft of 62 billion shillings ($16.87 million). The senior official of the Treasury department and eight others were detained by the Criminal Investigations Department. Hackers, identified as "Waste", reportedly accessed the Bank of Uganda's IT systems to illicitly transfer funds.

Courtesy: theprint.in

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