Rwandan Hackers Show Vulnerabilities in Access Kenya Site

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http://news.softpedia.com/news/Rwandan-Hackers-Prove-Vulnerabilities-in-Access-Kenya-Site-268499.shtml

By Eduard Kovacs
Softpedia
May 9th, 2012

A few days ago, Access Kenya, one of the country’s leading internet 
solutions and data services providers, revealed the introduction of a 
new, more secure, authentication system designed to protect their 
customers.

After hearing the news, Rwandan hackers took a crack at the company’s 
website and demonstrated that additional work still needed to be done in 
the security sector.

“Internet security remains of paramount importance and for us as the 
market leader in Internet Services, protecting our customers using 
practical solutions remains our core business,” AccessKenya Managing 
Director Kris Senanu said at the inauguration of the new email 
authentication system.

Rwandan Hackers didn’t want to cause any damage to the company’s 
systems. They simply wanted to prove their point.

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