Cyberattacks against Kenya more than double to 8.6bn in a year

The number of detected threats rose by 146 percent to 8.6 billion during the year to June 2025, up from 3.5 billion in a similar period the preceding year.

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The number of cybercrime attacks deployed against Kenyan institutions more than doubled during the year ended June 2025, underscoring enhanced aggression by threat actors amid the accelerated digitisation of both public and private workflow systems.

Analysis of data released by the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) shows that the number of detected threats rose by 146 percent to 8.6 billion during the year under review, up from 3.5 billion in a similar period the preceding year.

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