The Secure Socket Layer (SSL) of the Kwara State Government’s official website has been updated, a day after FIJ spotted its expiration.
As of Tuesday and Wednesday morning, when FIJ visited the website, kwarastate.gov.ng, it was unsafe for visitors due to its expired security layer certificate.
The browser previously showed this message: “Your connection is not private. Attackers might be trying to steal your information from kwarastate.gov.ng (for example, passwords, messages, or credit cards).”
However, when FIJ checked on Thursday, the administrators had renewed the expired security layer certificate. Visitors were also no longer cautioned to be wary of possible attacks and threats.


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Earlier checks by FIJ showed that the website’s one-year SSL certificate expired on Monday. But it had not been renewed on Wednesday.
The consequences of not updating a website’s SSL, a standard technology for securing an internet connection by encrypting data sent between a website and a browser to protect user privacy, are numerous.
Visits to such websites are not safe and they make it easier for hackers to see and steal any transferred information, whether personal or financial data.
Francis Ihejirika, a software developer, had told FIJ that sending sensitive data via the website could create an opening for bad actors, such as hackers, to intercept the information and cause havoc.
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