Inside the eight-hour-long cyberattack that tried to cripple MTN Nigeria

On August 2, 2023, MTN Nigeria, the country’s largest telecom operator, became the target of one of the most extensive Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks ever recorded against a corporate entity in West Africa. The cyberattack, claimed by the notorious hacktivist group Anonymous Sudan, tested the company’s cybersecurity infrastructure and highlighted the growing threat of…