Hackers

• Hackers take over global business and government in new wave of cyber attack

  1 month ago
  The business of kidnapping computer data and asking for a ransom has never been too real and it is sparing nobody.

• Why hackers can remotely lock you out of your privacy

  
  2 months ago
  Dr Bright Mawudor, Head of Information Security and Risk at Cellullant steps on stage at a cyber-security summit in Nairobi and for the next 20 minutes, pensive silence reigns over the room full of tech executives and administrators listening to his presentation.

• Manhunt launched for hackers behind global cyberattack

  
  3 months ago
  International investigators are hunting for those behind an unprecedented cyber-attack that affected systems in dozens of countries, including at banks, hospitals and government agencies, as security experts sought to contain the fallout.

• Yes, hackers attacked our systems, admits IEBC

  
  5 months ago
  The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has admitted hackers attempted to breach its systems to steal crucial information ahead of the 2017 election.

• Orengo tells Duale off on IEBC hacking allegations

  
  5 months ago
  Siaya Senator James Orengo has denied claims by National Assembly Majority Leader Aden Duale that a top Opposition leader has been involved in repeated attempts to hack the electoral agency's database.

• IT genius with a digital footprint that keeps cash-rich firms awake

  
  5 months ago
  Alex Mutungi Mutuku can easily win the dubious accolade of being Kenya’s finest cyber-criminal, at least if what he has been accused of is true.

• Top politician probed over attempt to hack IEBC database

  
  5 months ago
  Police are looking into a possible link between a top politician and a cartel of hackers suspected of trying to hack into the country’s elections database.

• Harsh sentence to deter rampant cybercrime

  
  5 months ago
  Police have arrested suspects who were operating an international cybercrime syndicate

• Netflix US Twitter account hacked

  
  8 months ago
  OurMine has hacked several high-profile Twitter accounts this year, including those of Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales, Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg and Google chief executive Sundar Pichai.

• Yahoo says one billion accounts exposed in massive cyber-attack

  
  8 months ago
  Yahoo Inc warned on Wednesday that it had uncovered yet another massive cyber-attack, saying data from more than 1 billion user accounts was compromised in August 2013, making it the largest breach in history.

• Consumers urged to secure themselves from android malware

  8 months ago
  Hackers have gained access to more than 1.3 million Google accounts by infecting Android phones through illegitimate apps.

• U.S. says hackers probed voting systems, no sign of damage

  
  10 months ago
  Hackers have probed the voting systems of many U.S. states but there is no sign that they have manipulated any voting data, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said on Saturday

• 6 Ways to stop hackers from ruining your life

  
  11 months ago
  Here are some of the very minimum things you should do if you want to stop hackers from ruining your life.

• Hackers leak document on upcoming UN conference budget

  
  1 year ago
  A budget for the upcoming UN conference in Nairobi was among leaked documents anonymous hackers claimed to have accessed from the Foreign Affairs ministry.

• More than 10,000 Chinese computers hacked in a year

  
  1 year ago
  More than 10,000 computers in China were attacked by domestic and overseas hackers between December 2014 and November 2015, a cybersecurity firm has detected.

• Hackers attack 20 million accounts on Alibaba's Taobao shopping site

  
  1 year ago
  Hackers in China attempted to access over 20 million active accounts on Alibaba Group Holding Ltd's Taobao e-commerce website using Alibaba's own cloud computing service, according to a state media report posted on the Internet regulator's website.

• New law tightens noose on Online hackers

  
  1 year ago
  You will now need your national identity card, birth certificate or passport before using the internet, the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) has said.

• Activist hackers battle Islamic State in cyberspace

  
  1 year ago
  Islamic State sympathizers using social media to spread propaganda and recruit fighters are now drawing an increasing amount of return fire from activists who have been knocking some sites offline and infiltrating others.

• Journalist found guilty for aiding computer hackers

  
  1 year ago
  A California jury found journalist Matthew Keys guilty on three criminal counts related to helping members of the Anonymous hacking collective gain access to a former employer's computers, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Department of Justice said on Wednesday.

• T-Mobile hackers steal 15 million people's intimate information in massive cyber-heist

  
  1 year ago
  Hackers have stolen personal data relating to more than 15 million T-Mobile customers in the US, after targeting a credit agency that works with the phone operator.