Business Registration Service (BRS) & KBC Hacked

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On Thu, 6 Feb 2025 at 00:20, Alice kinuthia via KICTANet <
[email protected]> wrote:

> I am actually a victim of this.
> 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 <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>>
>> 😎 @[email protected] <[email protected]>
>>
>>
>> 💯
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>> 👍
>> —
>> Wainaina Mungai
>> mobile: +254722811171
>> email: [email protected]
>> LinkedIn: ke.linkedin.com/in/wainainamungai
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>>
>> www.mafichoni.co.ke
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 5, 2025, 9:49 AM Ken Mwaura via KICTANet <
>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Ken Mwaura
>>> www.mpmstudios.co
>>>
>>> ——————————
>>> *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
>>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>> Best Regards,
>>> ______________________
>>> Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya
>>> www.linkedin.com/in/mwendwa-kivuva
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, 3 Feb 2025 at 11:44, Wainaina Mungai via KICTANet <
>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> Proposal
>>> ————–
>>> ° [Free Tier] to offer business name and names of shareholders only;
>>> which is a common confirmation search.
>>>
>>> ° [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.
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> Wainaina
>>> –
>>> www.mafichoni.co.ke
>>>
>>> On Mon, Feb 3, 2025, 10:52 AM Sidney Ochieng via KICTANet <
>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> On 2 Feb 2025, at 20:40, Victor Kapiyo via KICTANet <
>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>> x.com/BRS_Kenya/status/1885993869227008499?t=pQrLV0UPnB5tTGZ540faLQ&s=19
>>>
>>> On a similar note, our national broadcaster KBC lost its account on X
>>> (@KBCChannel1), which has been renamed by the hackers.
>>>
>>> x.com/DeepseekOnSoI?t=Oj9Tdm1W8aqWmRUIZIXCMw&s=09
>>>
>>> Tunaomba serikali.
>>>
>>> Victor
>>>