Erik, The post was clearly marked as on a light note because the content is most wanting in facts and accuracy, Safaricom is not a fly by night operation that uses Windows based routers to handle VPN (virtual private network) systems.  I believe the phones being used by the IEBC where not running Windows or IOS which are the most commonly infected devices by the Red-October virus.  The viruses main activity in espionage which would mean that it does not change data but steals (a copy), the likely person who would want to do that would be the media houses as they try to upstage each other. If I was to setup a VPN for a client as sensitive as the IEBC I definitely will include the phone IMEI and SIM card identifications to provide authentication thereby eliminating the outside Kenya scenario the fellow is peddling.  The British Military has always had a presence in Laikipia which therefore rubbishes the whole issue of a clandestine foreign invasion, the only credible thing is raised was the one on the UK Ambassador trying to force a run off by wanting the spoilt votes included in calculating the 50 + 1 requirement which seems to have been the main objective of the post and the writer decided to pad the little information he had with innuendo.  I suspect the author has a relationship with another who sent themselves an letter purported to have been sent by the National Tobacco Sniffers Association as a way to give credence to an allegation. Rest assured that the problems at the IEBC are as home grown as Miraa. Regards   Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696 ________________________________ From: Erik Hersman <erik@zungu.com> To: robert yawe <robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Sent: Thursday, 7 March 2013, 12:59 Subject: Re: [kictanet] IEBC Issues - a light note What are their sources for this information?   There are some very strong claims, and there needs to be some verification on it, from someone in an official capacity.  See: "Foreign players particularly the West, to crash the IEBC computer system deployed this same strategy by deploying the virus through the VPN infrastructure by Safaricom from abroad." and "Deployment of viruses from secure computers to network servers was reported by Strategic Intelligence where Western spy agents deployed Red-October to mine vital data from government computer systems and data bases." Erik Hersman On Mar 7, 2013, at 12:47 PM, robert yawe <robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: Hi,

The following link seems like a cut and post from this forum, it seems in-depth analysis and investigation are dead

http://intelligencebriefs.com/?p=3413

Regards

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A credible source has dispelled the information carried in that post as utterly baseless and incorrect. So ignore it. On Mar 7, 2013 2:22 PM, "robert yawe" <robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

Erik,

The post was clearly marked as on a light note because the content is most wanting in facts and accuracy, Safaricom is not a fly by night operation that uses Windows based routers to handle VPN (virtual private network) systems. I believe the phones being used by the IEBC where not running Windows or IOS which are the most commonly infected devices by the Red-October virus.

The viruses main activity in espionage which would mean that it does not change data but steals (a copy), the likely person who would want to do that would be the media houses as they try to upstage each other.

If I was to setup a VPN for a client as sensitive as the IEBC I definitely will include the phone IMEI and SIM card identifications to provide authentication thereby eliminating the outside Kenya scenario the fellow is peddling.

The British Military has always had a presence in Laikipia which therefore rubbishes the whole issue of a clandestine foreign invasion, the only credible thing is raised was the one on the UK Ambassador trying to force a run off by wanting the spoilt votes included in calculating the 50 + 1 requirement which seems to have been the main objective of the post and the writer decided to pad the little information he had with innuendo. I suspect the author has a relationship with another who sent themselves an letter purported to have been sent by the National Tobacco Sniffers Association as a way to give credence to an allegation.

Rest assured that the problems at the IEBC are as home grown as Miraa.

Regards

Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya

Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696 ------------------------------ *From:* Erik Hersman <erik@zungu.com> *To:* robert yawe <robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk> *Cc:* KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> *Sent:* Thursday, 7 March 2013, 12:59 *Subject:* Re: [kictanet] IEBC Issues - a light note

What are their sources for this information?

There are some very strong claims, and there needs to be some verification on it, from someone in an official capacity. See:

"Foreign players particularly the West, to crash the IEBC computer system deployed this same strategy by deploying the virus through the VPN infrastructure by Safaricom from abroad."

and

"Deployment of viruses from secure computers to network servers was reported by Strategic Intelligence where Western spy agents deployed Red-October to mine vital data from government computer systems and data bases."

Erik Hersman

On Mar 7, 2013, at 12:47 PM, robert yawe <robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

Hi,

The following link seems like a cut and post from this forum, it seems in-depth analysis and investigation are dead

http://intelligencebriefs.com/?p=3413

Regards

Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya

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From this link and the Kaspersky Lab's report: http://www.securelist.com/en/blog/785/The_Red_October_Campaign_An_Advanced_C...

Kenya was indeed affected by the Red October Virus. Not sure where it touched... On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 12:59 PM, Erik Hersman <erik@zungu.com> wrote:

What are their sources for this information?

There are some very strong claims, and there needs to be some verification on it, from someone in an official capacity. See:

"Foreign players particularly the West, to crash the IEBC computer system deployed this same strategy by deploying the virus through the VPN infrastructure by Safaricom from abroad."

and

"Deployment of viruses from secure computers to network servers was reported by Strategic Intelligence where Western spy agents deployed Red-October to mine vital data from government computer systems and data bases."

Erik Hersman

On Mar 7, 2013, at 12:47 PM, robert yawe <robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

Hi,

The following link seems like a cut and post from this forum, it seems in-depth analysis and investigation are dead

http://intelligencebriefs.com/?p=3413

Regards

Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya

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