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Cyber attacks on Kenyan businesses increased by nearly 50% in the last quarter of 2020 compared to the same period in 2019.
According to data released by the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA), more than 56 million cyber attacks were detected nationwide in comparison to 37.1 million in 2019, reported the Business Daily.
The increase in cybercrime has come at a time when the world is adapting to the new normal where Covid-19 lockdown measures have caused most people to work or conduct business remotely and this has led to cyber attacks vulnerabilities for many organisations.
A statement from CA said, “A majority of the threats were malware attacks at 46 million, followed by web application attacks at 7.8 million while 2.2 million Distributed Denial of Service (DDos) threats were detected during the same period.”
The rise in cyber threats have seen businesses lose billions of revenue and sensitive information to hackers which has in turn forced firms, especially in the financial sector, to be vigilant.
According to a survey conducted by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) and the CA, Kenya lost about Sh18 billion to cybercrime in 2016.
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