Information Security cannot be taken for granted. This was a security hole. i agree they could have used maybe the date of birth in addition to the id no.
Guys... consider someone picking that data (your name and ID no) making a fake ID , buying a sim card ,registering it and use it to conduct crime using it. Remember for Sim registration you just require a photo copy.

Njiri John

On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 4:23 PM, Kivuva <Kivuva@transworldafrica.com> wrote:

 A creative fraudster and con-artist can do a lot with combination of Name+IDnumber. We don't need to list those risks here for it to be a possibility.

On 13 January 2013 12:09, John Doe Smith Kamau KipNg'etich Jones <skunkworks.ku@gmail.com> wrote:

Using this app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.maseve.iebcchecker

.... ID numbers like '123456', '1234567', '12345678', '123456789' are apparently valid IDs, hehehehehehehe

On Sunday, January 13, 2013, Jimmy Thuo <jimmy.thuo@gmail.com> wrote:
> Alibis really...maybe thats the day you were watching a movie at home alone.
>
> On 13 Jan 2013 10:11, <dhikims@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> IEBC should have put another level of security. I just changed one number and got my cousins details. Its not so secure, coz I can easily impersonate her with these details.
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