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Alarm as hackers target state offices in brazen cyber attack

A hacking group calling itself Anonymous Sudan, claimed responsibility for the attack that saw the e-citizen platform taken down for several hours. [iStockphoto]

Hackers targeted several key public offices in a brazen cyber attack that has exposed vulnerabilities in systems that hold sensitive private data on millions of Kenyans.

A hacking group calling itself Anonymous Sudan, claimed responsibility for the attack that saw the e-citizen platform taken down for several hours and Kenyans unable to access several public services.

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