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How Israeli hackers hit William Ruto's campaign team

The Catholic University of Eastern Africa where United Democratic Alliance party had set up its communication centre. [Stafford Ondego, Standard]

Israeli hackers accessed emails and private chats of two of President William Ruto's aides before and after last August's General Election, an investigation has shown.

The investigation, which involved more than 100 journalists from 30 media organisations, showed a hacker accessing Gmail and Telegram accounts belonging to Energy Cabinet Secretary Davis Chirchir and key Ruto strategist Dennis Itumbi.

The hacker in question has been identified as Tal Hanan, a 50-year-old former Israeli special forces operative who now works privately using the pseudonym 'Jorge' and leads a group of contractors.