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Originally published by Techish Kenyatech
September 23, 2025
20h ago
Kenya has recorded over 7 billion cyber threats this year. CBK responds with new Cybersecurity Centre
Kenya’s financial sector is facing a new kind of heist—one that doesn’t involve masks, getaway cars, or armed robbers. Instead, it’s silent, fast, and devastating: cybercrime. In 2024 alone, hackers siphoned off KES 1.59 billion from bank customers. By 2025, the scale of ..
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Kenya has recorded over 7 billion cyber threats this year, leading the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) to launch a new Cybersecurity Operations Centre. This initiative aims to combat sophisticated attackers who siphoned off KES 1.59 billion from bank customers in 2024 alone.
- In the first quarter of 2025, 2.54 billion cyber threats were detected, rising to a record 4.6 billion in the last quarter.
- The Banking Sector Cybersecurity Operations Centre, housed within CBK’s Cyber Fusion Unit, will provide cyber threat intelligence, incident response, digital forensics, and cyber investigations.
- The new center aligns with the Computer Misuse and Cybercrime Regulations, 2024, and CBK’s Strategic Plan (2024–2027), requiring banks and payment providers to comply with both old and new regulations and report incidents promptly.
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