Kiharu Member of Parliament Ndindi Nyoro is grappling with the unauthorized takeover of his Facebook page by cyber criminals.
The legislator, with a substantial following exceeding 500,000, appears to have lost control of his page shortly after sharing a New Year’s message with his audience about 24 hours ago.
Addressing the breach, Nyoro acknowledged the hacking on his X (formerly Twitter) handle, assuring the public that his team is actively working to resolve the issue.
“My Facebook page was hacked yesterday. We are trying to resolve the problem…
We are African, and Africa is our Business,” he tweeted.
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The Chair of the National Assembly’s Budget and Appropriations Committee had last updated the page with a New Year’s message to Kenyans on Monday morning.
“Wishing you all a prosperous New Year, 2024. Nawatakia baraka tele mwaka mpya. We are African, and Africa is our Business,” read the post.
In response to the incident, Embakasi East MP Babu Owino reported that the hackers are attempting to extort money by posing as Nyoro.
“Hon Ndindi Nyoro’s Facebook account has been hacked, and hackers are inboxing me to send them money,” he disclosed on X.
Kindly note that our Facebook Profile and Page is under control of hackers.
We are African and Africa is our Business.. pic.twitter.com/oAKkRnIjY6
— Ndindi Nyoro (@NdindiNyoro) January 2, 2024
Digital strategist Dennis Itumbi urged the public to disregard any updates and messages disseminated by the hackers.
“Please take note that hackers have taken control of the FB profile of Ndindi Nyoro and the official page. We are working to recover and restore the pages,” he stated.
Notably, the compromised page, boasting 563K followers, has been circulating explicit content in the ‘Facebook Stories’ section for the past two hours.
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