Anonymous statement regarding the US Govt websites and music industry sites that have been taken down. On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 6:32 AM, Brian Munyao Longwe <blongwe@gmail.com>wrote: Not that it's any consolation but FBI sites have been hacked.
"Anonymous retaliates against feds - takes down multiple sites" http://gizmo.do/xLc4Aa
On Wednesday, January 18, 2012, John Gitau <jgitau@gmail.com> wrote:
This goes beyond government: eg its not unheard of for a company/govt to spend money on a data center or other infrastructure, then outsource the very services that should be in that DC to some US/foreign company for quick bucks, or because it makes 'sense'. - Our users take up a service, the log files are shipped to the 'cloud', we read about Kenyan statistics from some foreigner just because no one analyses it here, oh and you have no access to it. Today facebook can tell you all manner of things about our habits, ditto google. We then go buy trend reports. I've spent countless hrs trying to convince someone at work that 'raw data and log files' are a raw material of immense value. - a trend thats seeing alot of foreign funding for technology startups will probably see more 'profits' flying away while a couple of Kenyans with money can't/don't want to/don't know how to take advantage of the said opportunities. - Regionally quite a number of people look up to us to show the way forward.
However in all these problems, Im seeing a trend where things keep improving - slowly. And yes cyber security is going to be a challenge but we can get through it if the affected people talk to the right people. Im also happy with that. And to be fair I've not done much to improve things so far.
Gitau
On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 5:55 PM, Walubengo J <jwalu@yahoo.com> wrote:
@ Wash,
true - not so critical data maybe on these site. HOWEVER, I join Mblayo
in taking the shame because it is matter of time before critical data seats on these platforms/cloud. And if we can protect our entry level websites, then who knows who will protect our serious data in the near future...
It is one thing to be brought down - it happens even to US DoD
(military). It quite another to stay down - 12hrs and still counting?
Vincent and Company @ CCK, arent we paying you public chums to run the
National CSIRT protect our cyberspace? Or maybe we should get NSIS to blame? Either way I want my refund ;-)
walu.
--- On Tue, 1/17/12, McTim <dogwallah@gmail.com> wrote:
From: McTim <dogwallah@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Government website Hacking incident a crying
shame
To: jwalu@yahoo.com Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Date: Tuesday, January 17, 2012, 5:37 PM
http://code-security.net/archives/114
go.ke Websites in Kenya brought down.
Whole list below.
http://www.administrationpolice.go.ke/index.html
http://www.aideffectiveness.go.ke/index.html
http://www.bungomacounty.go.ke/index.html
http://www.businesslicense.go.ke/index.html
http://www.cak.go.ke/index.html
http://www.commstaskforce.go.ke/index.html
http://www.cooperative.go.ke/index.html
http://www.crd.go.ke/index.html
http://www.crisisrcentre.go.ke/index.html
http://www.ditkenya.go.ke/index.html
http://www.doshs.go.ke/index.html
http://www.economicstimulus.go.ke/index.html
http://www.eldoretmunicipal.go.ke/index.html
http://www.emu.go.ke/index.html
http://www.education.go.ke/index.html
http://www.environment.go.ke/index.html
http://www.filmservices.go.ke/index.html
http://www.fisheries.go.ke/index.html
http://www.forestryandwildlife.go.ke/index.html
http://www.gender.go.ke/index.html
http://www.governmentpress.go.ke/index.html
http://www.greenenergy.go.ke/index.html
http://www.housing.go.ke/index.html
http://www.ifmis.go.ke/index.html
http://www.immigration.go.ke/index.html
http://www.industrialization.go.ke/index.html
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