Somalia confirms cyberattack on e-visa system exposing travellers’ data

Somalia’s government has admitted that its electronic visa system was hacked, exposing personal information of thousands of travellers.

The Immigration and Citizenship Agency said it had launched an investigation into the breach and moved the e-visa platform to a new website. The agency added that it was treating the matter with “special importance” but did not clarify how many people were affected.

The announcement came after…