The government has admitted that the services platform eCitizen was hacked. This has been stated by ICT cabinet secretary Eliud Owalo.
“Yes, the eCitizen platform was hacked and we are addressing it. They tried jamming the system by making more than ordinary requests to the system. However, no data has been accessed or lost,” said Owalo.
This comes after reports that the website and other government platforms had been hacked by hackers from Sudan amidst the ongoing diplomatic cold war between Kenya and Sudan.
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Owalo however said that the government would continue with its digitization program despite the hacking attacks.
“We cannot stop digitizing our services because of hackers. What we did because we had foreseen this, is to establish and operationalize the office of the data commissioner and anchored it on law to ensure they execute the mandate of data privacy on one hand and data security on the other,” he said.
Claims have also emerged that other services including university portals and KPLC tokens are inaccessible after getting hacked. These claims are however yet to be substantiated.
This is the first time that Kenya is suffering a cyber attack of this magnitude, leading to questions on Kenya’s preparedness in repelling cyber attacks as the world accelerates adoption of technology.
