2023-07-27 22:59:57
Following the failure of an online application platform that made most government services unavailable, Kenya said on Thursday it will start granting visas to all travelers upon arrival. The problem that occurred at the e-citizens site, which offers more than 5,000 services, including e-visas, was believed to be a result of hacking; however, authorities said no data had been lost as a result of the event. While the platform is being fixed, the government will begin accepting visa-on-arrival applications, according to a verbal notice sent Thursday to diplomatic missions and international organizations around the world.
A letter that was sent on Thursday by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, stated that “There is currently a challenge in the government’s e-citizen platform.” Therefore, travelers will receive visas on arrival at all ports of entry in Kenya, regardless of where they enter the country. In addition, the administration wants to notify each and every airline that has passengers on board going to Kenya,” the statement read. The e-Visa application will often accept applications; however, these requests must be accompanied by appropriate evidence to authenticate entry.
Because each application will now be evaluated at the same time, there is a possibility that wait times at airport border control offices will increase as a result of the implementation of visas on arrival for all travelers. what is being experienced on the eCitizen portal has been caused by hackers trying to crash the portal through an overload of data requests,” confessed ICT Cabinet Secretary Eliud Owalo. “The downtime being experienced on the eCitizen portal has been caused by hackers attempting to crash the portal through an overload of data requests.”
A group calling itself Anonymous Sudan has claimed responsibility for the attack, claiming it was carried out as a form of protest against alleged Kenyan intervention in Sudan’s internal affairs.
According to the statement, the organization has also focused on mobile money transfer platforms, electronic banking systems and other electronic services similar to those of utility Kenya Power. Kenya Power customers and some banks were informed of a system outage, but no information about the hack was provided.
“A cyber attack was launched against the eCitizen platform, however, no data was obtained or lost as a result of the attack. “We are addressing that, and we are not only proposing instant corrective measures to address the current situation, but we are also making sure that we build an elaborate risk mitigation framework,” the CS stated on Spice FM. “We are addressing that, and we are not just proposing instant corrective measures to address the current situation.” “In this particular case, they attempted to crash the system by making a higher number of requests to the system than normal, which resulted in slower system performance.”
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