Cyberhackers and Kenya 2022

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.