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Emmanuel Ajarfor<\/strong> 2<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two staff members of Modernghana.com<\/em>, a popular online portal,\nhave been arrested for engaging in \u2018inappropriate\u2019 cyber activities, DAILY\nGUIDE<"},"modified":"2019-07-01T10:30:51","modified_gmt":"2019-07-01T10:30:51","slug":"2-modern-ghana-staff-arrested-for-cyber-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/01\/2-modern-ghana-staff-arrested-for-cyber-crime\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Modern Ghana Staff Arrested For Cyber Crime"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Emmanuel Ajarfor<\/strong> 2<\/strong><\/p>\n

Two staff members of Modernghana.com<\/em>, a popular online portal,
\nhave been arrested for engaging in \u2018inappropriate\u2019 cyber activities, DAILY
\nGUIDE<\/em><\/strong> has learnt.<\/p>\n

Their arrests followed a tip-off
\nabout how they have allegedly been hacking into the portals of corporate
\nentities including media organizations.<\/p>\n

The two, one of them
\nbelieved to be Emmanuel Ajarfor, a reporter for the portal, were picked up at
\nAdenta in Accra last Thursday.<\/p>\n

They were arrested by
\nNational Security operatives after initial confusion about which security
\napparatus had picked them up.<\/p>\n

Modus Operandi<\/strong><\/p>\n

Unconfirmed reports say
\ntheir modus operandi involve hacking into the emails and servers of popular
\ncompeting websites and newsrooms, having intercepted the emails which they hold
\non to briefly and then release them as originating from their end. <\/p>\n

Other \u2018works\u2019 attributed to
\nthem include the hacking of financial account information of competitors
\nespecially between correspondents, sources and stringers.<\/p>\n

Seized during the operation
\nby the arresting team were the suspects\u2019 laptops and other electronic devices. <\/p>\n

Speaking
\nto Starr FM,<\/em> the Editor-in-Chief of Modernghana.com<\/em>, William Nana Beeko, \u00a0confirmed the raid and claimed it was carried
\nout after a publication was made about the National Security Minister Albert
\nKan Dapaah and New Patriotic Party MP, Afenyo-Markin.<\/p>\n

When asked where his colleagues were being kept, the editor said, \u201cWe don\u2019t know where they are now\u201d.<\/p>\n

By Linda Tenya-Ayettey<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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