The
attackers overwrote President William Ruto's official site with taunts, a Bitcoin
wallet address, and threats, while State House confirmed the breach and
deployed its ICT team to fix it.
Screenshots showed the defaced page live early Friday, but the site later went offline during restoration.
Reactions ranged from lawyer Nelson Havi's sarcastic quip about paying with 'gas cylinders, boats, shoes' to worries about Kenya's cybersecurity, especially after similar government site attacks in November 2025.