As Kenya invests in technology, we need to find ways to deal with risks

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http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/technology-we-need-to-find-ways-to-deal-with-risks--/-/440808/2396320/-/3jknwt/-/index.html

By MATUNDA NYANCHAMA
Daily Nation
JULY 24, 2014

A few days ago, the Kenya Defence Forces Twitter handle was taken over by 
hackers. The same happened to the Twitter handle of the defence forces 
spokesman Emmanuel Chirchir.

Those familiar with the two accounts obviously noticed the change in tone 
in the updates, inconsistent as they were with traditional expectations 
from the forces and its spokesman.

It is not the first time that hackers have embarrassed the government. A 
few years ago, several government websites were hacked.

That said, these are the cases that we know of; what goes unreported?

In the private sector, recent news suggested Kenyan banks had lost in 
excess of Sh600 million in two months. In July, it was reported that the 
estimated annual bank losses, due to poor information protection, was in 
excess of Sh5 billion. Some say these are conservative figures. 
Nonetheless, they are staggering losses and someone has to pay.

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