Kenyan businesses and institutions are on tenterhooks as global hacktivist group Anonymous sent warning salvos to the country’s government to allow its citizens to protest freely against the #RejectFinanceBill2024. The threat is a stark reminder of the massive Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack on Kenya’s government websites launched in August 2023. These attacks, attributed to Anonymous Sudan, were executed under the pretext of defending citizens’ rights. “Anonymous Sudan has a history of targeting government websites and technology firms in various countries, including Sweden, Israel, and now Kenya. The leading malware threats in Kenya in the last month include FakeUpdates, Botnets, and various backdoors like Expiro and Floxif.

Source: Daily Nation June 25, 2024 14:33 UTC