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Cyber threats surge 59pc as Kenyans flock online

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Nation | by Peter Mburu


Cyber threats increased sharply by 59 per cent in the three months to last December to 56.2 million, a new report by the communications regulator shows.

The online threats shot up due to the increase in Internet usage during the pandemic.

The National Kenya Computer Incident Response Team or Coordination Centre says it detected 56.2 million threats, up from 35.1 million detected in the previous quarter.

The increase was “attributed to the systematic resumption to normalcy amongst sectors and services that were previously dormant due to the restrictions surrounding the pandemic…

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