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Kenya's Major Cyber Attack: Exposing Power and Wealth
Mar 3, 2025
Our latest story reveals the fallout from a cyber attack in Kenya that exposed sensitive business dealings of President William Ruto and former President Uhuru Kenyatta. The breach highlights serious concerns about data security in the country. #CyberSecurity #KenyaNews #DataBreach #WilliamRuto #UhuruKenyatta #BusinessAffiliations #DataProtection #CyberAttacks #PrivacyViolations #DarkWeb
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and our last story is from Kenya where a
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major Cyber attack has exposed President
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William Ruto and former president Ur
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Kenyata family business dealings now the
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attack targeted Kenya's business
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registration services or the BRS it is
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one of the most data Rich organizations
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in the Kenyan government the
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organization holds data on all
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registered companies they registered
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owners benefit special owners and
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directors that's the data that many
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would like to keep private but the Cyber
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attack has now left the information of
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many private companies in the hands of
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the public now it has leaked companies
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names directors and shareholders details
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and also business owners IDs phone and
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house details it has also exposed the
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extensive business affiliations of
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several prominent figures in Kenya
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including President William Ruto and his
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predecessor uhur
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Kenyata now the breach has particularly
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spotlighted first lady Rachel Ruto whose
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name has been linked to various
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businesses across multiple sectors
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reports indicate that she along with her
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son have connections to several
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companies her daughter is also
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identified as the owner of one of
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Kenya's most luxurious airnb Airbnb
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properties then the former president Ur
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kata's business dealings were also among
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the exposed data while Ur Kenyata
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foundation and the UR Kenyata Institute
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limited are well documented the records
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also listed uru Kenyata security and
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cleaning services a company registered
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in South Africa which his brother is
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found to hold directorial and
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shareholder roles in over 50
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organizations the data breach has also
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exposed foreign ownership in Kenyon
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firms for example the Nairobi Express
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way company is found to be owned by a
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firm based in the
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UAE the breach which appears to have
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compromised a significant amount of
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sensitive data has sparked Panic among
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industry experts and the public it is
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not yet clear who is behind the Cyber
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attack or the total amount of data
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stolen Reports say authorities have
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ruled out ransomware where attackers
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demand payment for the stolen Data
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before it can be restored there are
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confirmed reports that the data is being
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sold on the dark web and some are also
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calling it an Insider job the leak has
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also reignited discussions on Kenya's
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data protection laws and the
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effectiveness of its cyber security
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infrastructure Kenya has witnessed an
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alarming surge in cyber attacks with
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staggering 860 million incidents
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recorded in the past
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year now as per the communications
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authority of Kenya the the country lost
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approximately $883 million to cyber
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crimes in
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2023 even detecting over 1.1 billion
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threats between April and June of
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2024 now that the attacks are posing
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risk to even the president and his
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family it is to be seen if it will force
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quicker action to counter the
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threats we're calling the show Vantage
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