It started with a link. One click. That’s all it took. On a cool Friday morning in April 2025, a procurement officer at a leading Ugandan NGO, let’s call her Susan, received a WhatsApp message from an unknown number. The message read: “Hi Susan, I saw this on Twitter about your organization. Thought you should see it.” (link attached) The link preview showed the NGO’s logo with the caption, “Shocking scandal involving NGO procurement manager leaks online.” Her heart raced. Susan clicked. Nothing loaded. “Maybe it’s my MTN data,” she thought. She brushed it off. But unknown to her, that…


