ICT Cabinet Secretary (CS) William Kabogo, in a swift response to Monday’s cyber-attack, has reassured the public that no personal government data was compromised, despite a temporary outage of several key state websites.
Through a statement issued on Monday November 17, Kabogo acknowledged the hack and dismissed reports of possible data leak during the incident.
Multiple government platforms on the morning of 17th November were rendered inaccessible after being defaced with chilling messages from a group identifying itself as “PCP@Kenya”.
Kenyans who attempted to access the affected sites reported seeing slogans such as “Access denied by PCP”, “White Power worldwide”, and “14:88 Heil Hitler”. Among the affected platforms include the ministries of interior, Health, Energy, Education, Labour, and water.
According to Raymond Omollo, Principal Secretary of the State Department for Internal Security, the government activated its incident-response and recovery protocols immediately to address the situation.
PS Omollo asserted that technical teams, in coordination with cyber-security stakeholders restored access to the affected platforms and affirmed that the systems are under continuous monitoring.
“The situation has since been contained”. Omollo said, highlighting that authorities are now focused on building more robust and layered defenses. Omollo condemned the incident as a clear violation of law, including the Computer Misuse and Cybercrime Act, the Information and Communications Act and the Data Protection Act, warning that those responsible will have to face the full force of the law.
CS Kabogo emphasized that there was no evidence of personal data extraction or loss, even though the intrusion disrupted online access. According to him, the incident will drive further investments in Kenya’s cyber resilience capabilities, with enhanced coordination between government agencies and private-sector partners.
The government has urged the members of the public to remain vigilant and report any suspicious online activities through official channels such as the Kenya Computer Incident Response Team and Coordination Centre and the National Computer and Cybercrime Coordination Committee, as part of the recovery process.
