Cyber criminals are the ruin of Kenyan IT brains and the entire landscape of this profession. file photo | nmg
Online fraud is increasingly becoming the ruin of Kenyan IT brains and the entire landscape of this profession.
While
top IT creators have given Kenya fame and gain, it appears some geeks
are using their talent to
have unauthorised access and create phony products, exposing companies to a lot of danger.
have unauthorised access and create phony products, exposing companies to a lot of danger.
Reports that Kenya Power
has stopped electricity token thieves are heart-warming, earning the
utility firm a thumbs-up even as they fire on all cylinders to stamp out
the vice.
We ask Kenya Power to protect their
customers from further agony by running continual campaigns to warn them
against dealing with any unauthorised sellers of these tokens or
suspect service providers.
It is trickier that these
suspected fraudsters are people with more than basic education. It also
must dawn on Kenya Power and other organisations that employee fraud is
also causing untold agony to companies and State agencies while
benefiting a few unscrupulous and ill-advised workers and their agents.
We,
therefore, advise a combined front of business lobbies and the State to
tame the vice; and, one of the starting points is to push for a special
police unit to hunt down these people and bring them to book.
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