Arusha — TANZANIA is reported to have so far lost nearly 10 billion/- through cyber related fraud crimes, involving mostly card skimming and ATM pumping electronic thefts.
That was among the observations in the first day of the ongoing "Cyber Defence East Africa 2014" meeting that opened and scheduled to end next Friday, with the aim to address the growing threats of face-less criminals hiding behind computer screens and causing more damage than the physically guntoting bandits.
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