{"id":124868,"date":"2025-11-17T14:04:45","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T14:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/11\/17\/govt-contains-cyberattack-on-state-websites-probes-pcpkenya-hacker-group\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T14:04:45","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T14:04:45","slug":"govt-contains-cyberattack-on-state-websites-probes-pcpkenya-hacker-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/govt-contains-cyberattack-on-state-websites-probes-pcpkenya-hacker-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Govt contains cyberattack on state websites, probes \u2018PCP@Kenya\u2019 hacker group"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 17 \u2014 The government has confirmed the containment of a series of hacker attacks targeting multiple state websites early Monday with most digital services returning to normal.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Monday, the State Department for Internal Security said several platforms were temporarily inaccessible following a \u201ccybersecurity incident\u201d linked to a group calling itself \u2018PCP@Kenya\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPreliminary investigations indicate that the attack [is] suspected to have [been] carried out by a group identifying itself as \u2018PCP@Kenya\u2019,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>The government activated a multi-agency incident response team\u2014comprising experts from National KE-CIRT\/CC, the National Computer and Cybercrimes Coordination Committee (NC4), and other security units\u2014to halt the intrusion, assess the impact and restore services.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe situation has since [been] contained, and the systems are under continuous monitoring,\u201d Interior Principal Secretary Raymond Omollo, who chairs NC4, said.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the government had deployed enhanced defensive measures to prevent similar breaches, noting that the incident reflects the growing sophistication of cyber threats targeting national digital infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur focus is on building layered defences, improving readiness, and ensuring that any attempt [is] detected early, contained quickly, neutralized decisively, and its impact minimized,\u201d Omollo said.<\/p>\n<p>The government urged institutions and the public to remain vigilant and report suspicious online activity, warning that cyberattacks violate the Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes Act, the Kenya Information and Communications Act, and the Data Protection Act.<\/p>\n<p>Omollo assured that despite the attempted breach, the government remains committed to safeguarding national systems as it accelerates its digital transformation agenda.<\/p>\n<p>Investigations into the identity and motive of the \u2018PCP@Kenya\u2019 group are ongoing with the government vowing prosecutions on individual found culpable. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 17 \u2014 The government has confirmed the containment of a series of hacker attacks targeting multiple state websites early Monday with most digital services returning to normal. In a statement on Monday, the State Department for Internal Security said several platforms were temporarily inaccessible following a \u201ccybersecurity incident\u201d linked to a group [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-124868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124868\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}