Verified cyber incident context · Ghana / CSA & Ministry 2024–2025
Ghana Cyber Security Authority / Ministry 2024 and H1 2025 cyber incident and financial loss context
Market context — not industry-specific evidence
Ghana Cyber Security Authority / Ministry of Communication, Digital Technology and Innovations (announcement published 2025-09-03) states that GHS 23.3 million in cybercrime-related financial losses were recorded in 2024, and GHS 14.9 million in the first half of 2025 — a 17% year-on-year rise for the first half of 2025. Fraud and impersonation were responsible for more than 94% of financial losses in the H1 2025 context. Reported cyber incidents rose from 1,317 in H1 2024 to 2,008 in H1 2025. Reported-case categories for H1 2025: online fraud 36%, cyberbullying 25%, online blackmail 14%, unauthorized access 12%, and information disclosure 9%. Financial loss values refer to reported cybercrime-related financial losses in the CSA / Ministry context and must not be presented as all cybercrime losses in Ghana. Incident count values compare first-half periods and must not be presented as full-year annual totals. Category shares apply only to reported cases in the cited CSA / Ministry H1 2025 context.
Cybercrime-related financial losses — Ghana 2024
- GHS 23.3 million cybercrime-related financial losses recorded in 2024
- 23,300,000
- Unit
- GHS cybercrime-related financial losses recorded in 2024 (display as GHS 23.3 million)
- Period
- Ghana Cyber Security Authority / Ministry 2024 and H1 2025 reported cyber incident, cybercrime-related financial loss, and reported-case category context.
- Scope
- Ghana CSA / Ministry 2024 and H1 2025 cyber incident context
Ghana CSA / Ministry 2024 reported cybercrime-related financial loss context only. The GHS 23.3 million value refers to reported cybercrime-related financial losses in the cited CSA / Ministry context and must not be presented as all cybercrime losses in Ghana, all-sector financial loss totals, or BilgeQor-remediable loss totals.
Cybercrime-related financial losses — Ghana first half of 2025
- GHS 14.9 million cybercrime-related financial losses recorded in the first half of 2025
- 14,900,000
- Unit
- GHS cybercrime-related financial losses recorded in the first half of 2025 (display as GHS 14.9 million)
- Period
- Ghana Cyber Security Authority / Ministry 2024 and H1 2025 reported cyber incident, cybercrime-related financial loss, and reported-case category context.
- Scope
- Ghana CSA / Ministry 2024 and H1 2025 cyber incident context
Ghana CSA / Ministry H1 2025 reported cybercrime-related financial loss context only. The GHS 14.9 million value refers to first-half 2025 context and must not be presented as a full-year 2025 total or all cybercrime losses in Ghana.
Year-on-year financial loss increase — Ghana H1 2025 vs H1 2024
- 17% rise in cybercrime-related financial losses year-on-year in the first half of 2025 context
- 17%
- Unit
- percent rise in cybercrime-related financial losses year-on-year in the first half of 2025 context
- Period
- Ghana Cyber Security Authority / Ministry 2024 and H1 2025 reported cyber incident, cybercrime-related financial loss, and reported-case category context.
- Scope
- Ghana CSA / Ministry 2024 and H1 2025 cyber incident context
Ghana CSA / Ministry year-on-year H1 comparison context only. The 17% figure compares H1 2025 with H1 2024 and must not be presented as a full-year 2025 growth rate or all-Ghana financial-loss growth rate.
Fraud and impersonation share of financial losses — Ghana H1 2025
- More than 94% of cybercrime-related financial losses in H1 2025 attributable to fraud and impersonation
- 94%
- Unit
- percent of cybercrime-related financial losses in H1 2025 attributable to fraud and impersonation (display as more than 94%)
- Period
- Ghana Cyber Security Authority / Ministry 2024 and H1 2025 reported cyber incident, cybercrime-related financial loss, and reported-case category context.
- Scope
- Ghana CSA / Ministry 2024 and H1 2025 cyber incident context
Ghana CSA / Ministry H1 2025 context only. Display as "more than 94%" — the "more than" qualifier must be visible. Refers to the share of reported cybercrime-related financial losses attributable to fraud and impersonation in H1 2025 context and must not be presented as a confirmed financial-fraud loss rate or all-Ghana fraud prevalence.
Reported cyber incidents — Ghana H1 2024 vs H1 2025
- H1 2024 — 1,317 reported cyber incidents
- 1,317
- Unit
- reported cyber incidents in the first half of 2024
- Period
- Ghana Cyber Security Authority / Ministry 2024 and H1 2025 reported cyber incident, cybercrime-related financial loss, and reported-case category context.
- Scope
- Ghana CSA / Ministry 2024 and H1 2025 cyber incident context
- H1 2025 — 2,008 reported cyber incidents
- 2,008
- Unit
- reported cyber incidents in the first half of 2025
- Period
- Ghana Cyber Security Authority / Ministry 2024 and H1 2025 reported cyber incident, cybercrime-related financial loss, and reported-case category context.
- Scope
- Ghana CSA / Ministry 2024 and H1 2025 cyber incident context
Ghana CSA / Ministry first-half comparison context only. Values compare H1 2024 (1,317) with H1 2025 (2,008) reported cyber incidents and must not be presented as full-year annual totals or total Ghanaian business incident prevalence.
Reported-case category distribution — Ghana H1 2025
- Online fraud — 36% of reported cases in H1 2025 context
- 36%
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- percent of reported cases in H1 2025 context categorised as online fraud
- Period
- Ghana Cyber Security Authority / Ministry 2024 and H1 2025 reported cyber incident, cybercrime-related financial loss, and reported-case category context.
- Scope
- Ghana CSA / Ministry 2024 and H1 2025 cyber incident context
- Cyberbullying — 25% of reported cases in H1 2025 context
- 25%
- Unit
- percent of reported cases in H1 2025 context categorised as cyberbullying
- Period
- Ghana Cyber Security Authority / Ministry 2024 and H1 2025 reported cyber incident, cybercrime-related financial loss, and reported-case category context.
- Scope
- Ghana CSA / Ministry 2024 and H1 2025 cyber incident context
- Online blackmail — 14% of reported cases in H1 2025 context
- 14%
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- percent of reported cases in H1 2025 context categorised as online blackmail
- Period
- Ghana Cyber Security Authority / Ministry 2024 and H1 2025 reported cyber incident, cybercrime-related financial loss, and reported-case category context.
- Scope
- Ghana CSA / Ministry 2024 and H1 2025 cyber incident context
- Unauthorized access — 12% of reported cases in H1 2025 context
- 12%
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- percent of reported cases in H1 2025 context categorised as unauthorized access
- Period
- Ghana Cyber Security Authority / Ministry 2024 and H1 2025 reported cyber incident, cybercrime-related financial loss, and reported-case category context.
- Scope
- Ghana CSA / Ministry 2024 and H1 2025 cyber incident context
- Information disclosure — 9% of reported cases in H1 2025 context
- 9%
- Unit
- percent of reported cases in H1 2025 context categorised as information disclosure
- Period
- Ghana Cyber Security Authority / Ministry 2024 and H1 2025 reported cyber incident, cybercrime-related financial loss, and reported-case category context.
- Scope
- Ghana CSA / Ministry 2024 and H1 2025 cyber incident context
Ghana CSA / Ministry H1 2025 reported-case category distribution context only. All percentage values apply only to reported cases in the cited CSA / Ministry H1 2025 context and must not be presented as all-Ghana attack prevalence, all-business prevalence, or industry-specific evidence.
Scope: Ghana Cyber Security Authority / Ministry of Communication, Digital Technology and Innovations, announcement published 2025-09-03. The GHS 23.3 million and GHS 14.9 million values refer to reported cybercrime-related financial losses in the cited CSA / Ministry context and must not be presented as all cybercrime losses in Ghana. The 1,317 and 2,008 values compare first-half reporting periods and must not be presented as full-year annual totals. The more-than-94% value refers to the share of losses attributable to fraud and impersonation in H1 2025 context; the "more than" qualifier must be preserved in all visible copy. Category percentage values apply only to reported cases in the cited CSA / Ministry H1 2025 context. Do not present any admitted indicator as total Ghanaian business incident prevalence, hidden incident prevalence, population-wide victimisation rate, all-sector incident rate, confirmed compromise count, breached-organisation count, compliance achievement, certification, proof of security, or guaranteed protection.
Methodology: Official Ghana Cyber Security Authority / Ministry of Communication, Digital Technology and Innovations announcement published 2025-09-03. The GHS 23.3 million and GHS 14.9 million values refer to reported cybercrime-related financial losses in the cited CSA / Ministry context and must not be presented as all cybercrime losses in Ghana or as BilgeQor-remediable loss totals. The 1,317 and 2,008 values compare first-half reporting periods (H1 2024 and H1 2025 respectively) and must not be presented as full-year annual totals. The 36%, 25%, 14%, 12%, and 9% values apply only to reported cases in the cited CSA / Ministry H1 2025 context and must not be presented as all-Ghana attack prevalence, all-business prevalence, or industry-specific evidence. The "more than 94%" value refers to the share of reported cybercrime-related financial losses attributable to fraud and impersonation in H1 2025 context; the "more than" qualifier must be preserved in all visible copy. Do not present any admitted indicator as total Ghanaian business incident prevalence, hidden incident prevalence, population-wide victimisation rate, all-sector incident rate, confirmed compromise count, breached-organisation count, compliance achievement, certification, proof of security, or guaranteed protection.
Accessible data table
| Metric | Value | Source | Scope | Reporting period |
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| GHS 23.3 million cybercrime-related financial losses recorded in 2024 | 23,300,000 GHS cybercrime-related financial losses recorded in 2024 (display as GHS 23.3 million) | Cyber Security Authority / Ministry of Communication, Digital Technology and Innovations (Ghana), 2025-09-03 | Ghana CSA / Ministry 2024 and H1 2025 cyber incident context | Ghana Cyber Security Authority / Ministry 2024 and H1 2025 reported cyber incident, cybercrime-related financial loss, and reported-case category context. |
| GHS 14.9 million cybercrime-related financial losses recorded in the first half of 2025 | 14,900,000 GHS cybercrime-related financial losses recorded in the first half of 2025 (display as GHS 14.9 million) | Cyber Security Authority / Ministry of Communication, Digital Technology and Innovations (Ghana), 2025-09-03 | Ghana CSA / Ministry 2024 and H1 2025 cyber incident context | Ghana Cyber Security Authority / Ministry 2024 and H1 2025 reported cyber incident, cybercrime-related financial loss, and reported-case category context. |
| 17% rise in cybercrime-related financial losses year-on-year in the first half of 2025 context | 17% percent rise in cybercrime-related financial losses year-on-year in the first half of 2025 context | Cyber Security Authority / Ministry of Communication, Digital Technology and Innovations (Ghana), 2025-09-03 | Ghana CSA / Ministry 2024 and H1 2025 cyber incident context | Ghana Cyber Security Authority / Ministry 2024 and H1 2025 reported cyber incident, cybercrime-related financial loss, and reported-case category context. |
| More than 94% of cybercrime-related financial losses in H1 2025 attributable to fraud and impersonation | 94% percent of cybercrime-related financial losses in H1 2025 attributable to fraud and impersonation (display as more than 94%) | Cyber Security Authority / Ministry of Communication, Digital Technology and Innovations (Ghana), 2025-09-03 | Ghana CSA / Ministry 2024 and H1 2025 cyber incident context | Ghana Cyber Security Authority / Ministry 2024 and H1 2025 reported cyber incident, cybercrime-related financial loss, and reported-case category context. |
| H1 2024 — 1,317 reported cyber incidents | 1,317 reported cyber incidents in the first half of 2024 | Cyber Security Authority / Ministry of Communication, Digital Technology and Innovations (Ghana), 2025-09-03 | Ghana CSA / Ministry 2024 and H1 2025 cyber incident context | Ghana Cyber Security Authority / Ministry 2024 and H1 2025 reported cyber incident, cybercrime-related financial loss, and reported-case category context. |
| H1 2025 — 2,008 reported cyber incidents | 2,008 reported cyber incidents in the first half of 2025 | Cyber Security Authority / Ministry of Communication, Digital Technology and Innovations (Ghana), 2025-09-03 | Ghana CSA / Ministry 2024 and H1 2025 cyber incident context | Ghana Cyber Security Authority / Ministry 2024 and H1 2025 reported cyber incident, cybercrime-related financial loss, and reported-case category context. |
| Online fraud — 36% of reported cases in H1 2025 context | 36% percent of reported cases in H1 2025 context categorised as online fraud | Cyber Security Authority / Ministry of Communication, Digital Technology and Innovations (Ghana), 2025-09-03 | Ghana CSA / Ministry 2024 and H1 2025 cyber incident context | Ghana Cyber Security Authority / Ministry 2024 and H1 2025 reported cyber incident, cybercrime-related financial loss, and reported-case category context. |
| Cyberbullying — 25% of reported cases in H1 2025 context | 25% percent of reported cases in H1 2025 context categorised as cyberbullying | Cyber Security Authority / Ministry of Communication, Digital Technology and Innovations (Ghana), 2025-09-03 | Ghana CSA / Ministry 2024 and H1 2025 cyber incident context | Ghana Cyber Security Authority / Ministry 2024 and H1 2025 reported cyber incident, cybercrime-related financial loss, and reported-case category context. |
| Online blackmail — 14% of reported cases in H1 2025 context | 14% percent of reported cases in H1 2025 context categorised as online blackmail | Cyber Security Authority / Ministry of Communication, Digital Technology and Innovations (Ghana), 2025-09-03 | Ghana CSA / Ministry 2024 and H1 2025 cyber incident context | Ghana Cyber Security Authority / Ministry 2024 and H1 2025 reported cyber incident, cybercrime-related financial loss, and reported-case category context. |
| Unauthorized access — 12% of reported cases in H1 2025 context | 12% percent of reported cases in H1 2025 context categorised as unauthorized access | Cyber Security Authority / Ministry of Communication, Digital Technology and Innovations (Ghana), 2025-09-03 | Ghana CSA / Ministry 2024 and H1 2025 cyber incident context | Ghana Cyber Security Authority / Ministry 2024 and H1 2025 reported cyber incident, cybercrime-related financial loss, and reported-case category context. |
| Information disclosure — 9% of reported cases in H1 2025 context | 9% percent of reported cases in H1 2025 context categorised as information disclosure | Cyber Security Authority / Ministry of Communication, Digital Technology and Innovations (Ghana), 2025-09-03 | Ghana CSA / Ministry 2024 and H1 2025 cyber incident context | Ghana Cyber Security Authority / Ministry 2024 and H1 2025 reported cyber incident, cybercrime-related financial loss, and reported-case category context. |
