Two Students Charged for Allegedly Hacking MTN’s Systems and Stealing N1.9bn Worth of Airtime and Data

Two Nigerian students, Timothy Oluwabukola and Anthony Odemerho, have been arraigned in court for allegedly hacking into MTN Nigeria Communication Plc’s systems and stealing airtime and data that are worth N1.9 billion.

The students appeared before the Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday, facing charges of conspiracy, unauthorized access, and unlawful conversion.

The prosecutor claimed that the defendants accessed MTN’s web-based platform, known as the Application Programming Interface (API), and used the obtained data to defraud the company. The case is still ongoing, with the students facing serious legal consequences if found guilty.