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The Ruto campaign hacking allegations, which became public on 15th February, were initially followed up in many media outlets around the world. It also notable that Odinga, the day before, made reference to "hiring ethical hackers" which may have been an attempt to pre-empt the story he knew was about to break:  As the original Haaretz site is behind a partial paywall (I could read it initially, but now cannot), other links include: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/15/political-aides-hacked-by-team-jorge-in-run-up-to-kenyan-election https://www.occrp.org/en/storykillers/hacks-bots-and-blackmail-how-secret-cyber-mercenaries-disrupt-elections Some feedback from Dennis Itumbi, one of the Ruto campaigners targeted: https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/realtime/2023-02-16-this-is-how-israeli-hackers-accessed-my-account-itumbi/ Kenyan responses: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ODvN60afVU https://ntvkenya.co.ke/news/how-israeli-hacker-accessed-rutos-election-strategists-phone/ https://www.pd.co.ke/news/kenya-kwanza-turns-heat-on-raila-over-hacking-claims-169707/
Lots of sound and fury, not a lot of new substance yet.
But follow-on reports are missing from the 17 and 18 Feb press, also unexpected and interesting.
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 Breaking news: An extremely detailed and specific set of allegations about an Israeli private sector cyber-intelligence team for hire, which appears to have been actively hacking the Ruto campaign during the election for Azimio and - by implication if not exact claim - to have played a part in the recent campaign to manufacture fake results and cast doubt on the presidential election results.
Read and judge for yourselves (with thanks to a friend for passing this on): https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/security-aviation/2023-02-15/ty-article-magazine/.premium/the-israeli-hackers-who-tried-to-steal-kenyas-election/00000186-4b7f-d5d4-a5e7-ebff5c9c0000 it also names an individual who might have played a role in manufacturing the fake election results. More, I suspect, to follow. |
