[kictanet] Kenyan Election and the Alleged Hacking

[albert migowa]

I conquer George indeed what would  NASA therefore be looking for in the
servers if they cannot proof hacking? It would appear that there is a
motherload of a story in those servers.


On Sun, Aug 27, 2017 at 4:28 AM, Gabriel via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> Karanja,
>
> What would NASA therefore be looking for in the servers if they cannot
> proof hacking?
>
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> *From:* kictanet <kictanet-bounces+gwarigi=msn.com at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> on behalf of Mose Karanja via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> *Sent:* Friday, August 18, 2017 7:37:19 PM
> *To:* gwarigi at msn.com
> *Cc:* Mose Karanja
> *Subject:* [kictanet] Kenyan Election and the Alleged Hacking
>
>
> Hello KICTANET.
>
> On 9th August, a day after Kenyans voted in the 2017 General Election,
> opposition presidential candidate Raila Odinga alleged that the Independent
> Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) database had been hacked and an
> algorithm set to ensure an 11% difference in favour of incumbent President,
> Uhuru Kenyatta at all levels of results transmission. To back up the
> claims, Mr. Odinga’s political party National Super Alliance (NASA)
> presented a log file apparently showing the details of the hack. These
> claims have been repeatedly denied by the electoral commission. On
> 11th August, the IEBC declared Uhuru Kenyatta as the winner of the election
> with 54.27% of votes cast with Raila Odinga coming in second with 44.74%.
>
> In an attempt to respond to the hacking claims, CIPIT in collaboration
> with HERMES audits the logs as evidence within the context of Kenyan
> elections ecosystem and asks three questions: How is technology used in
> Kenyan elections? Was the log file presented evidence of an attack that
> changed the outcome of the election? How could this file have been
> obtained?
>
> Our preliminary analysis rules out hacking based on the evidence
> presented. Considering that absence of evidence does not necessarily imply
> evidence of absence, this should not be taken to mean the IEBC may not have
> been hacked. That conclusion requires access to the election system which
> we do not have at the moment.
>
> Read more: http://blog.cipit.org/2017/08/18/kenyan-elections-
> and-alleged-hacking/
>
>
>
> -Moses
>
>
>
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