Several government websites, including those of ministries and state agencies, have been hacked in a suspected cyber attack.

Some of the affected websites include the State House, Ministries of Interior, Health, Education, Labour, Environment, ICT, and Tourism.

According to reports, the incident started on the morning of Monday, November 17.

Attackers have made the sites inaccessible by defacing pages and changing their appearance and content.

The messages left by the attackers read:”Access denied by PCP,” “We will rise again,” “White power worldwide,” and “14:88 Heil Hitler.”

The breach that has been sustained for most of Monday morning until the time of press,has disrupted access to critical government services.

Several other state departments went offline, including the Immigration Department, Directorate of Public-Private Partnerships and Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI).

The Hustler Fund, Immigration State Department, and Government Press also experienced outages, while Nairobi County was not spared from the latest wave of cyber disruptions.

In 2023, similar attack occurred when e-Citizen, responsible for government services and housing citizens’ sensitive personal data, suffered a cyber attack.

The hacking occurred and was accompanied by a claim of responsibility from a Sudanese hacking group called,”Anonymous Sudan.”

The group suggested that their actions were in retaliation for Kenya’s alleged interference in Sudan’s internal affairs, noting that it was in response to Kenya’s alleged “statements casting doubts on the sovereignty of the Sudanese government.”

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Images appearing in government websites that experienced disruptions on November 17