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Country
Kenya

Source
Article by Capital FM

Title
Ruto’s Twitter Account Taken Over By Hackers

About
Dated July 2014| Deputy President William Ruto fall victim. The attacks were conducted by a group calling itself Anonymous Kenya and saw twitter accounts belonging to DP William Ruto, Kenya Defence Forces and the spokesman Major Chirchir hijacked and used to post derogatory messages. The Twitter account for the Kenyan military was hacked twice in one day. two hours after Twitter intervened and restored the account, the Anonymous Group of hackers claimed fresh control. Also affected again was the Twitter account for KDF’s Liaison Officer Major Emmanuel Chirchir.

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Website
https://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/2014/07/rutos-twitter-account-taken-over-by-hackers/