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Police warn of rising cybercrime threats in Zimbabwe

The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has raised alarm over a sharp increase in cybercrime, warning that criminals are deploying advanced tactics to exploit vulnerable internet users.National police spokesperson Commissioner Paul Nyathi said …

Published: 01 Sep 2025 at 05:49hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe among most targeted in cyber attacks

Zimbabwe is increasingly becoming a hotspot for cyberattacks, with experts warning of rising threats to data security and urging urgent action to strengthen the country's digital defences.Speaking at the Computer Society of Zimbabwe's Wint…

Published: 27 Jun 2025 at 09:27hrs | 175 | by Staff reporter

Cyber hackers target Zimbabwe's national emails and websites

ZIMBABWE is facing a serious digital threat as international cyber hackers intensify their attacks on government, educational and business websites. This year, several Zimbabwean websites have been defaced, disabled, or used as a backdoor …

Published: 16 Jun 2025 at 14:36hrs | 72 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi

Muswere insinuates that Geza's speech is cyber rhetoric

President Mnangagwa is a visionary par-excellence, whose loyal service to Zimbabwe can never be over emphasised or rewritten, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Dr Jenfan Muswere has said.In a statement last night, D…

Published: 21 Mar 2025 at 09:15hrs | 302 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe needs own cybersecurity statistics

Zimbabwe has recently experienced a troubling rise in cyber attacks affecting almost everyone, with the latest affecting local entities like banks. At a recent Cybersecurity Conference in Harare, Minister of Information Communication Techn…

Published: 16 Oct 2024 at 15:39hrs | 165 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi

Zimbabwe makes first journalist arrests under cybersecurity law

Zimbabwe's Press freedom credentials suffered further criticism with the arrest of two journalists from a privately-owned newspaper charged with transmitting "false data messages."The pair were charged on August 3 under the contentious Cri…

Published: 12 Aug 2022 at 06:36hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe needs a Cyber Court for online crimes

As more and more Zimbabwean businesses increasingly recognise the Internet as a place where commercial dealings can take place, the legal system will need to be equipped to not only understand the Internet, but use it as a tool to successf…

Published: 27 Aug 2021 at 06:36hrs | 1 | by Jacob Mutisi

Zimbabwe needs a cyber army to protect our cyberspace

ImagIne a cyberattack on Zimbabwe's mobile money platforms, financial service networks and electronic payment platforms that include point of sale systems. These kinds of attacks have now become common as the wars between the West and the …

Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 07:35hrs | 13 | by Jacob Mutisi

Cyber bullying: A growing menace

It is common nowadays for those that use social media platforms to wake up and discover unusual posts on their accounts.Some of the posts might be nasty, disrespectful and abusive, creating great distress to the affected media platform use…

Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 07:57hrs | 10 | by Emmanuel Kafe

Grave Consequences on Internet Freedoms in Zimbabwe! - report

Done in partial contribution to ZDI and Media Centre investigation into the state of internet governance/freedom in Zimbabwe, this paper presents findings of the study of the Cybercrime and Cyber-security Bill and its implications on onlin…

Published: 19 Mar 2018 at 11:04hrs | | by Zimbabwe Democracy Institute

Zimbabwe media groups fret over Cyber ministry

Media groups and opposition parties are worried by the creation of the Cyber Security, Threat Detection and Mitigation ministry - which has  raised fears that the government will clamp down on freedom of expression and social media, a…

Published: 15 Oct 2017 at 18:01hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter

Pokello 'recovers' from cyber war

A fortnight ago socialite and fashionista Pokello Nare was caught up in a fierce social media storm with one Taka Chivore who went on a smear campaign, lifting the lead on the ex-BBA housemate's alleged dirty secrets.Pokello ignited the fe…

Published: 18 Jun 2017 at 10:08hrs | | by Staff reporter

Draft Zimbabwe cybercrime bill misplaced and violate rights

The Zimbabwe Computer Crime and Cyber Crime Bill is a totally misplaced intervention by the government and a total violation of the citizensâ€™ basic fundamental rights and freedoms as enshrined in the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (N…

Published: 12 Aug 2016 at 14:33hrs | 559 | by Benedict Sibasa

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