Business Registration Service (BRS) & KBC Hacked
Someone called me on 18th Jan(on a Sunday) around 9 pm claiming x amount
has been paid wrongly via buy goods hence requesting for a reversal. Upon
asking her where she got my number she said from safaricom😐.
So please, BRS how sure are our data is safe anymore🤔
On Wed, Feb 5, 2025, 6:03 PM Wainaina Mungai via KICTANet <
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> On Wed, Feb 5, 2025, 9:49 AM Ken Mwaura via KICTANet <
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>> My two cents, B2Bhint either chose to proceed cautiously due to the
>> potential risk of legal action, or they were attempting to create leverage
>> to compel BRS to initiate contact and negotiate a settlement.
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>> Regards,
>> Ken Mwaura
>> www.mpmstudios.co
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>> *From:* Mwendwa Kivuva via KICTANet <[email protected]>
>> *Sent:* 05 February 2025 10:31
>> *To:* [email protected] <[email protected]>
>> *Cc:* Mwendwa Kivuva <[email protected]>
>> *Subject:* [kictanet] Re: Business Registration Service (BRS) & KBC
>> Hacked
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>> Someone very very very powerful was not happy with the data dump from the Business
>> Registration Service (BRS) where you could search all the companies
>> registered in Kenya. All records on Kenyan companies on b2bhint have been
>> deleted. Read more here
>> www.businessdailyafrica.com/bd/corporate/technology/moldovan-firm-deletes-leaked-data-as-watchdog-starts-probe-4913482
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>> Best Regards,
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>> Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya
>> www.linkedin.com/in/mwendwa-kivuva
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>> On Mon, 3 Feb 2025 at 11:44, Wainaina Mungai via KICTANet <
>> [email protected]> wrote:
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>> That’s a good question Sidney. Apart from addressing vulnerabilities, a
>> freemium structure might eliminate the incentive to hack and steal data.
>> Most searches citizens make for proprietor/CR12 are imposed on them to
>> confirm only the basic ownership info.
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>> Proposal
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>> ° [Free Tier] to offer business name and names of shareholders only;
>> which is a common confirmation search.
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>> ° [Premium Tier] for a more granular insights of contact info, ID &
>> nationality details, physical address, share allocation, beneficial owner
>> etc that a minority have interest in.
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>> Overall, a government agency should simply bill for API queries of
>> confidential data instead of requiring applicants to download/scan then
>> upload an ID, PIN or CR12 form.
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>> Wainaina
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>> On Mon, Feb 3, 2025, 10:52 AM Sidney Ochieng via KICTANet <
>> [email protected]> wrote:
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>> Now that the data is out there, I have a question. Why isn’t this data
>> out there for free hosted by our government? We’re charged 500 bob for each
>> search yet here is a company able to do so for free.
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>> On 2 Feb 2025, at 20:40, Victor Kapiyo via KICTANet <
>> [email protected]> wrote:
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>> The Business Registration Service (BRS) is acknowledging reports of a
>> potential data breach affecting company registry information and has
>> initiated a full investigation, notifying relevant authorities while
>> working with cybersecurity experts to assess the situation and implement
>> necessary security measures; they assure stakeholders that data security is
>> a top priority and will provide updates once the investigation is complete,
>> urging patience and cooperation from affected parties.
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>> x.com/BRS_Kenya/status/1885993869227008499?t=pQrLV0UPnB5tTGZ540faLQ&s=19
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>> On a similar note, our national broadcaster KBC lost its account on X
>> (@KBCChannel1), which has been renamed by the hackers.
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>> x.com/DeepseekOnSoI?t=Oj9Tdm1W8aqWmRUIZIXCMw&s=09
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>> Tunaomba serikali.
>>
>> Victor
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