An Indonesian hacker known as direxer has taken down 103 government of Kenya websites overnight. The hacker is part of an online Indonesian security forum known as Forum Code Security and says he took down the websites following tutorials from the forum. Such tutorials usually exploit programming errors in code, known as bugs, which have not been fixed.
The hacker appears to have a website at http://www.direxer.com/ though this has not been updated to reflect the hacking. In a message in the forum, the hacker says
 

show off by me...

thanks for tutorial in www.code-security.com all...

i have exploit from cs web, and i attacking to server Goverment Kenya,,,, and then,,, success full... this is deface in this night...

The government has moved fast to take the affected websites offline through a Cyber Incidence Response Team(CIRT) based at the Communications Commission of Kenya. The CIRT was formed to handle such situations and ensures Kenya's security in cyber space. Vincent Ngundi who heads CIRT has responded with the following comment "We're on it. Thanks for the heads-up and comments" in Kenya's Security Forum where the news first broke.

The government normally hosts several websites in one server at The Treasury thus compromising the server may expose several websites to a hacker. The Administration Police website has been hacked several times in the recent past. At the same time, most of the websites hacked appear to have been running the Joomla Content Management system,

1. http://www.administrationpolice.go.ke/index.html
2. http://www.aideffectiveness.go.ke/index.html
3. http://www.bungomacounty.go.ke/index.html
4. http://www.businesslicense.go.ke/index.html
5. http://www.cak.go.ke/index.html
6. http://www.commstaskforce.go.ke/index.html
7. http://www.cooperative.go.ke/index.html
8. http://www.crd.go.ke/index.html
9. http://www.crisisrcentre.go.ke/index.html
10. http://www.ditkenya.go.ke/index.html
11. http://www.doshs.go.ke/index.html
12. http://www.economicstimulus.go.ke/index.html
13. http://www.eldoretmunicipal.go.ke/index.html
14. http://www.emu.go.ke/index.html
15. http://www.education.go.ke/index.html
16. http://www.environment.go.ke/index.html
17. http://www.filmservices.go.ke/index.html
18. http://www.fisheries.go.ke/index.html
19. http://www.forestryandwildlife.go.ke/index.html
20. http://www.gender.go.ke/index.html
21. http://www.governmentpress.go.ke/index.html
22. http://www.greenenergy.go.ke/index.html
23. http://www.housing.go.ke/index.html
24. http://www.ifmis.go.ke/index.html
25. http://www.immigration.go.ke/index.html
26. http://www.industrialization.go.ke/index.html
27. http://www.isc.go.ke/index.html
28. http://www.iprs.go.ke/index.html
29. http://www.itentambachtowncouncil.go.ke/index.html
30. http://www.itmis.go.ke/index.html
31. http://www.kenao.go.ke/index.html
32. http://www.kapsabetmunicipal.go.ke/index.html
33. http://www.kenyayearbook.go.ke/index.html
34. http://www.kerugoyakutusmunicipal.go.ke/index.html
35. http://www.kesi.go.ke/index.html
36. http://www.kipi.go.ke/index.html
37. http://www.kisumucountycouncil.go.ke/index.html
38. http://www.kirinyagacountycouncil.go.ke/index.html
39. http://www.kitalemunicipal.go.ke/index.html
40. http://www.kituimunicipal.go.ke/index.html
41. http://www.kkv.go.ke/index.html
42. http://www.knfparms.go.ke/index.html
43. http://www.knsdi.go.ke/index.html
44. http://www.kntc.go.ke/index.html
45. http://www.laikipiacountycouncil.go.ke/index.html
46. http://www.lands.go.ke/index.html
47. http://www.leatherdevelopmentcouncil.go.ke/index.html
48. http://www.limurumunicipal.go.ke/index.html
49. http://www.livestock.go.ke/index.html
50. http://www.lodwarmunicipal.go.ke/index.html
51. http://www.maraguacountycouncil.go.ke/index.html
52. http://www.mariakanitown.go.ke/index.html
53. http://www.maurestoration.go.ke/index.html
54. http://www.migoricountycouncil.go.ke/index.html
55. http://www.minesgeology.go.ke/index.html
56. http://www.mirp.go.ke/index.html
57. http://www.monitoring.go.ke/index.html
58. http://www.moyalecountycouncil.go.ke/index.html
59. http://www.murangacounty.go.ke/index.html
60. http://www.murangamunicipal.go.ke/index.html
61. http://www.nairobicity.go.ke/index.html
62. http://www.naivashamunicipal.go.ke/index.html
63. http://www.nakurucounty.go.ke/index.html
64. http://www.nationaldisaster.go.ke/index.html
65. http://www.nationalheritage.go.ke/index.html
66. http://www.nccs.go.ke/index.html
67. http://www.nec.go.ke/index.html
68. http://www.northernkenya.go.ke/index.html
69. http://www.nyandaruacountycouncil.go.ke/index.html
70. http://www.othayatowncouncil.go.ke/index.html
71. http://www.pec.go.ke/index.html
72. http://www.pfmr.go.ke/index.html
73. http://www.pghnyeri.go.ke/index.html
74. http://www.pharmacy.go.ke/index.html
75. http://www.prisons.go.ke/index.html
76. http://www.psrpc.go.ke/index.html
77. http://www.publichealth.go.ke/index.html
78. http://www.publicservice.go.ke/index.html
79. http://www.publicworks.go.ke/index.html
80. http://www.reformskenya.go.ke/index.html
81. http://www.refugees.go.ke/index.html
82. http://www.regional-dev.go.ke/index.html
83. http://www.roads.go.ke/index.html
84. http://www.rprlgsp.go.ke/index.html
85. http://www.scat.go.ke/index.html
86. http://www.scienceandtechnology.go.ke/index.html
87. http://www.singlewindow.go.ke/index.html
88. http://www.sprogrammes.go.ke/index.html
89. http://www.tabakatown.go.ke/index.html
90. http://www.tanathi.go.ke/index.html
91. http://www.tfdg.go.ke/index.html
92. http://www.technologycentre.ac.ke/index.html
93. http://www.theenergytribunal.go.ke/index.html
94. http://www.thekenyawewant.go.ke/index.html
95. http://www.thikamunicipal.go.ke/index.html
96. http://www.transformingkenya.go.ke/index.html
97. http://www.treasury.go.ke/index.html
98. http://www.ugunjatown.go.ke/index.html
99. http://www.ukwalatown.go.ke/index.html
100. http://www.westernkenya.go.ke/index.html
101. http://www.vihigamunicipal.go.ke/index.html
102. http://www.works.go.ke/index.html
103. http://www.youthaffairs.go.ke/index.html