[kictanet] Online Security in Kenya needs to be mainstreamed

[Brian Munyao Longwe]

Today's(last night's) hacking of the Toyota Kenya website as evidenced by
Moses Kemibaro's screenshot - http://t.co/w7RDDjfP - should serve as a wake
up call to CxOs and any organization that has a web presence or online
resources.

Especially as it comes hardly 2 weeks after the shameful hacking of over
103 government websites by an amateur Indonesian techie. In this particular
case it turns out that all 103 sites were hosted on the same physical
server - a malpractice, as far as web-hosting and system administration
goes. It is clear that the increase in online threats and cyber-security
issues has a lot to do with Kenya's improved connectivity to the global
Internet - with 3 submarine fiber optic cables opening the country and
sub-region to cyber-criminals and pranksters alike.
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