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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: ColfaxRegular, 'AvantGardeGothicITCW01B 731069', 'Nimbus Sans TW01', Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 24px;"><p style="margin-bottom: 15.6px; color: rgb(128, 128, 128); font-size: 17px; font-family: Georgia, 'ITC Century W01 Light'; line-height: 25px;">Kenyan firms lost Sh15 billion through cybercrime last year, with the public sector being the most affected, a new report says.</p><p style="margin-bottom: 15.6px; color: rgb(128, 128, 128); font-size: 17px; font-family: Georgia, 'ITC Century W01 Light'; line-height: 25px;"><br></p><p style="margin-bottom: 15.6px; color: rgb(128, 128, 128); font-size: 17px; font-family: Georgia, 'ITC Century W01 Light'; line-height: 25px;">The report states that despite efforts by the government to fight cybercrime, Kenya is still ill-equipped.</p></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: ColfaxRegular, 'AvantGardeGothicITCW01B 731069', 'Nimbus Sans TW01', Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 24px;"><p style="margin-bottom: 15.6px; color: rgb(128, 128, 128); font-size: 17px; font-family: Georgia, 'ITC Century W01 Light'; line-height: 25px;">Mechanisms for successfully fighting, tracking and calculating cybercrime losses are not well established, the report says.</p></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: ColfaxRegular, 'AvantGardeGothicITCW01B 731069', 'Nimbus Sans TW01', Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 24px;"><p style="margin-bottom: 15.6px; color: rgb(128, 128, 128); font-size: 17px; font-family: Georgia, 'ITC Century W01 Light'; line-height: 25px;">It notes that most attacks are committed by staff and are very sophisticated, taking at least 120 days to detect.</p></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: ColfaxRegular, 'AvantGardeGothicITCW01B 731069', 'Nimbus Sans TW01', Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 24px;"><p style="margin-bottom: 15.6px; color: rgb(128, 128, 128); font-size: 17px; font-family: Georgia, 'ITC Century W01 Light'; line-height: 25px;">Other common attacks are telecommunications threats, social media, online and mobile banking, mobile money fraud and cyber espionage.</p><p style="margin-bottom: 15.6px; color: rgb(128, 128, 128); font-size: 17px; font-family: Georgia, 'ITC Century W01 Light'; line-height: 25px;"><br></p><p style="margin-bottom: 15.6px; color: rgb(128, 128, 128); font-size: 17px; font-family: Georgia, 'ITC Century W01 Light'; line-height: 25px;"><a href="http://www.nation.co.ke/business/Kenya-lost-Sh15bn-through-cybercrime-last-year--report-says/-/996/2933064/-/owco44z/-/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.nation.co.ke/business/Kenya-lost-Sh15bn-through-cybercrime-last-year--report-says/-/996/2933064/-/owco44z/-/index.html</a></p></div> </div></body>
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