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Police have arrested suspects who were operating an international cybercrime syndicate. The hackers had stolen hundreds of millions of shillings from parastatals, banks, Saccos and even the Kenya Revenue Authority. The reports reveal that Kenya lost Sh17 billion to hackers last year.
The syndicate‘s work was easy as they had the help of insiders mainly who work in the ICT department and the protection of prominent politicians who helped in the installation of malwares to allow the hackers access the financial systems without detection.
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