The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), on Sunday evening, confirmed a security breach on their X and Facebook pages.
Taking to social media just a few moments after the hack, DCI clarified all information shared during that period did not come from the DCI and that a full investigation had been launched to bring the perpetrators to book.
“Security alert! For some moment this evening, we experienced a cyber-attack on the DCI digital platforms (X and Facebook), but have since regained full control,” part of the statement read.
“During the short period, the cyber criminals who attempted to take over the accounts posted the information captured in the screenshot below. Note: The information is therefore fake and not from the DCI. A scrupulous interrogation into the criminal activity has been activated to bring to book the perpetrators.”
A screengrab of a social media post by the DCI on Sunday, February 9, 2025.
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DCI
For the better part of Saturday evening, DCI’s social media was suspiciously bombarded with posts promoting cryptocurrency and blockchain.
One of the first posts that raised suspicion was a call to support the launch of a blockchain project.
“This is an official news, please ask local media to support the idea of launching a blockchain project,” the post laden with grammar errors read accompanied by an external link.
However, when DCI eventually recovered their accounts, they highlighted another such post that purportedly shared a picture of the main programmer at DCI.
Accompanying the picture was a caption calling for people to engage with the post by sharing, liking, and retweeting.
“The main programmer of $DCI is our close friend and prisoner in a past life. He is very and will share tokens for likes and retweets. Support him please,” the post read, also accompanied by a link to a cryptocurrency coin.
Immediately after the hack happened, Kenyans were quick to notice as the posts went against other posts shared on the active social media pages.
This is the latest social media page to be hacked after KBC and K24 TV suffered the same fate recently.
Directorate of Criminal Investigation Headquarters in Kiambu.
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Directorate of Criminal Investigations