I am sure we have all received calls from strange numbers trying to defraud us. Yirenchi Danquah noted that “Even though we may not hear frequently of reports of cyberattacks, they happen all the time, particularly with people trying to defraud others using digital means. He further noted that in Ghana and in the West African Sub-Region, the motivation for cyberattacks is usually financial, making financial institutions the primary target for cyberattacks. This means people are busy in our cyber space and chances are that we are all potential targets,” Mr. Kaspersky’s cybermap shows real-time attacks on countries and rank same as per the current activities). Juxtapose this with the fact that according to Kaspersky(/), Ghana was the 78 th most attacked country in the world relative to cyberattacks (as at August 4, 2021.
“About 50 per cent of Ghanaians are online doing one thing or the other. Ongoing research can be found in the FortiGuard Lab Center or via FortiGuard Labs' RSS feed.According to him, the chances of online data breaches and cybercrimes are common due to the vast number of Ghanaians with online presence.