[kictanet] of Hackers claim, ICT policy,#First100days, etc

Fri Apr 29 14:07:15 EAT 2016

Good idea Walu,

I have not seen any authoritative information on the hacking story,
were they rumours? any feedback from our CIRT?

Regards

On 4/29/16, Walubengo J via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
> @Roy,
> 10-point plan on security for Government is good.
> But I just realized we had some action points during
> the #First100Days initiative that may need review soon before we add more
> 10-points.
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> Additionally, there's an ongoing National ICT Policy Review exercise that I
> will be bringing on the KICTAnet list during the second week of May.
>  Perhaps listers will be patient and bring on board their Security ideas
> then.
> But ofcourse, meanwhile, we can still continue 'ventilating' as a warm up
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> rgds.
> walu.
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>       From: Paul Roy via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>  To: jwalu at yahoo.com
> Cc: Paul Roy <roykoikai at gmail.com>
>  Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2016 4:50 PM
>  Subject: Re: [kictanet] Hackers claim to steal 1TB of data from Ministry of
> Foreign Affairs
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> This is really sad, I know govt has been trying to put in some effort. It
> seems good is not good enough. Instead of criticizing could we turn this
> forum using this new revelation to propose solutions?
> Can we develop a 10-point action plan to present to the government on the
> way forward to ensure such breaches are minimized? I know it cannot be 100%
> eliminated, however we can minimize the risk significantly.
> Over to you Ali, Grace, Walu..et al
> On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 4:40 PM, Ahmed Mohamed Maawy via kictanet
> <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
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> The more reason ICT should be handled by competent and trained professionals
> in our public institutions.
>
> The fact no government is immune (wikileaks etc..) means that we really need
> to be serious about our ICT investments in our own institutions.
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> On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 4:35 PM, Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet
> <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
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> GoK seem to have been found sleeping by Anonmouse. The new frontier is the
> Internet, and what we have been discussing the whole week on this list is
> security related.
> Hackers affiliated with the Anonymous hacking collective claim to have
> compromised a massive 1TB-worth of data from a server of the Kenyan Ministry
> of Foreign Affairs and International Trade.
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> After the information was leaked the Anonymous-affiliated hacktivists told
> HackRead: "We have 1TB of data but at the moment, we have leaked just one
> portion of it. In a few days you will receive full disclosure of the data"
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> http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/anonymous-hackers-claim-steal-1tb-data-ministry-foreign-affairs-kenya-1557218
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