Social media is susceptible to cybercrime such as hacking. Friday morning was a bad day for Uhurus social media accounts as some cybercriminal gained unauthorized access to them.
To prevent further damage, Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta’s Twitter and Facebook accounts were on Friday morning deleted.
The account was deactivated one hour after a post on the war against graft was posted on Twitter. The message stated that no one will be spared in the war against corruption.
“If you are corrupt we will fight you. You can be my brother or my sister or my closest political ally. I won’t be clouded by ethnicity or status in my quest to leave behind a united nation and I will continue championing for Kenya’s unity.” read the tweet.
Nzioka Waita, The Chief of Staff said the accounts have been “temporarily suspended.”
“On account of unauthorized access to the official social media handles of H.E the President of the Republic of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta. All official social media handles for the President have been temporarily suspended to allow for the necessary remedial measures to be undertaken,” he said.
President Kenyatta’s Twitter and Facebook accounts had a combined following of close to 7 million users.