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Hackers are exploiting Africa’s digital identities

1 source1 article First seen 10 hours ago Updated 10 hours ago United Kingdom Truth score 46

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Summary

Governments are embracing new databases. So too are criminals

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The Economist Center Factuality: Very high GB 10 hours ago
Hackers are exploiting Africa’s digital identities
Governments are embracing new databases. So too are criminals

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Truth score

46/100Limited corroboration

Independent outlets: 1
Source reliability: 88/100
Sides of the spectrum covering it: 1/3
Propaganda risk: 0/100

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Coverage by lean

Centre 100%100%

Left: 0
Centre: 1
Right: 0
Not rated: 0

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Source quality

Average reliability: 88/100 (Very high)
Low-credibility outlets: 0%
State media: 0%
Opinion pieces: 0%

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United Kingdom1