IEBC Servers Were Not Hacked, French Technology Firm OT-morpho Says

IEBC Servers Were Not Hacked, French Technology Firm OT-morpho Says

A French digital security firm that that managed the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) servers has rubbished claims that the system was hacked.

In a statement through its Africa and Middle East director Olivier Charlanes, OT-Morpho denied that the system used in the nullified August 8th election was infiltrated by external individuals.

Speaking on Thursday, Charlanes told Bloomberg that the company provided all data for analysis by the Supreme Court.

He furthers said that the same technology systems used in the Kenyan election have been tried and used in other countries.

"The system used in Kenya wasn't pirated. We've passed on all the logs to be analysed by experts commissioned by the Supreme Court."

This comes a week after opposition National Super Alliance presidential candidate Raila Odinga successfully challenged the announcement of President Uhuru Kenyatta as winner of last month's election.

In its ruling, the Supreme Court declared Uhuru's win as invalid null and void citing irregularities and illegalities and ordered a fresh poll be conducted within 60 days.

Charlanes said the company is awaiting the written judgment of the Kenya Supreme Court ruling.

Opposition coalition Nasa has called for investigations to the companies that managed IEBC systems during the August 8th election.

"We wish to bring to your attention that in providing the said ICT support services to the Commission, the subject companies have been involved in unethical acts that may amount to criminal activities under Electoral Act and the Elections Offenses Act," read part of the letter from Nasa to IEBC Chair.

Comments

sokora (not verified)     Sat, 09/09/2017 @ 10:25am

RAO and his lawyers need to explain to Kenyans why the cooked evidence about the hacking. Now, RAO is trying to subbotage IEBC to ensure there are not elections on October 17. God Help Kenya.

Kamau wa Banana (not verified)     Sat, 09/09/2017 @ 12:55pm

In reply to by sokora (not verified)

IEBC chairman has admitted that unauthorized people accessed the system using his own login information. His account was used to access the system for more than 9000 times where data was either deleted or altered! The individuals who did that have been identified. That is the truth you don't want to face. The crisis at the IEBC confirms the rot. So we are not going to believe some French street vender who is bidding for his merchandise anyway

SubiriKidogo (not verified)     Sat, 09/09/2017 @ 02:29pm

In reply to by Kamau wa Banana (not verified)

Agree with you Kamau 100 %. How many times are we going to disown our own findings about what is good for us as Kenyans? Do we always have to believe what the muzungu has to say all the times? How many times have we been told that we cannot think as the muzungu yet we have engineers, doctors and teachers of high quality in these wazungu countries? How many?

SubiriKidogo (not verified)     Sat, 09/09/2017 @ 02:25pm

In reply to by sokora (not verified)

Can you also explain what kind of coincidence is that where there is a 54% (a constant) win in more than ten candidates of the same party.If looks like a duck, eats like a duck, swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, then by all means it's a duck. All I want is a progressive Kenya where things are to be done the right way and by respecting the law. I don't care if Raila, Uhuru, Mwangi or Kaluyu wins. Cann't anything in Kenya happen without corruption, without tribalism, without nepotism ? You short change the country if you elect someone just because he is your brother or you tribesman. Lets elect capable people and our country will prosper economically and socially.

KIM (not verified)     Sat, 09/09/2017 @ 01:59pm

These elections were free and fair.The supreme court made a mistake.In time,The supreme court is going to have to admit that the annulment judgement was a mistake.It is very important that the court uses its power to affirm the will of the people.The court should not allow itself to be a water boy that carries the dirty water for those that seek only to destabilize the country.

Ndikwenda wana (not verified)     Sat, 09/09/2017 @ 04:06pm

Yaani Rao na machokora Wake together with Maraga na Chebukati wanatupeleka sisi kwa ride tu. Hata hii upuzi itaisha. UhuruRuto tano tena.

c (not verified)     Sat, 09/09/2017 @ 07:55pm

Raila will not succeed in his evil plans:
NASA 21 STEPS TO INVALIDATE POLL AND ENTER FAKE CANAAN
EUREKA! WE FOUND IT. HERE IS WHAT NASA DID TO INVALIDATE ELECTIONS:
1. NASA knew they do not have votes to beat Jubilee but they have the mischief. They had no Tyranny of numbers but they could muster the tyranny of lies, mischief and propaganda. They wanted to get the ballot printing tender so they could get extra ballots and extra forms 34 A, B and C for false result claims in their strongholds
2. When they failed to get the tender, they went to court and insisted that the constituency should be the point of final results declaration. The judgement was thus granted
3. NASA knew they had no votes to beat Jubilee but they could spoil the polls
4. At the polling stations they could not bring fake forms because there was more scrutiny
5. So they printed fake forms 34Bs distributed to as many NASA-friendly Constituency returning officers in NASA STRONGHOLDS like Joho’s Mombasa county and Luoland. At the constituency level Jubilee agents in NASA strongholds were either absent, not keen to note fake Form 34 Bs being introduced or they were knowingly being NASA moles pretending to be Jubilee agents
6. The returning officers who were pro-NASA deliberately used the wrong forms 34B to collate the results from polling stations. They also deliberately entered as many errors as they could.
7. The voting was done okay in most polling stations and the results transmitted directly to the National Tallying Center and Constituency tallying centers.
8. IEBC had initially said they would not stream provisional results as per the court rulings. But under pressure and to avoid allegations of cooking results for being silent, they promised to show streaming results as updated every 3 hours.
9. That did not allow enough time for form 34Bs to come in so IEBC could scrutinize them and notice that in NASA strongholds, fake Forms 34Bs had been introduced.
10. In the meantime, NASA started or rather continued making noise about IEBC and how results were coming in when it was obvious that Jubilee was winning
11. NASA agents some of them overseas tried to hack into the IEBC servers. NASA also had moles within IEBC IT department where they deliberately interfered with the servers and data to create false evidence of results manipulation.
12. Observers and everybody noticed and agreed that things had gone well at polling stations. But at Constituency Tallying Centers there was less observers to note what in NASA strongholds was going on with form 34Bs. At Constituency and County level also, Jubilee candidates agents focused on MP, MCA, Senator and Governor results tallying and those were correct as announced.
13. The results continued coming to IEBC and IEBC was under pressure to finish up the collation of Forms 34 Bs to generate Forms 34 C. Remember as per Court orders IEBC Chebukati was denied power to change anything coming from Constituency Tallying Centers
14. IEBC and Chebukati did the right thing and correctly tallied the submitted results, then announced the winner legally and correctly.
15. NASA made noise as expected. Then pretended they would not go to court to fool Jubilee into relaxation while NASA agents and lawyers worked 24/7 to gather the many fake forms their agents (as Returning Officers) had knowing submitted to IEBC
16. NASA has over the years quietly taken over the judiciary using their friendly judges and many clerical moles. They also managed to push many of their sympathizer judges to enter the Supreme Court after three positions became vacant.
17. After results were announced and widely accepted NASA tried the violence card but it failed to catch on. The “peoples’ court” was touted but soon fizzled out.
18. They tried to use the foot soldiers (NGOS like Africog) to go to court but the move was thwarted.
19. Then in a last-minute surprise move NASA went to court filed the petition and piled external pressure on the judges to believe the fabricated allegations and false evidence and “this time around” redeem the supreme court image
20. Jubilee and IEBC lawyers did a gallant job as admitted by even Justice Ojwang. But lazy computer illiterate, false religious David Maraga along-side Kalonzo leaning Philomena Muilu, Wetangula and Mudavadi leaning Smokin Wanjala and one erratic self-impressing judge Leanola accepted the NASA lawyers’ propaganda and without an iota of evidence or sound legal reasoning and realistic and patriotic consideration of country THE INEPT JUDGES INVALIDATED THE OTHERWISE CREDIBLE ELECTIONS in a move that surprised millions and threw Kenya into turmoil.
21. Now NASA is working mischievously harder to create a constitutional crisis and force NUSU mkate fake Canaan. If Jubilee and IEBC and every Jubilee supporters doesn’t watch out and speak out, the repeat elections will be spoilt by NASA to create another claim of illegitimacy and throw the country into turmoil until mkate nusu comes through. IEBC please ensure no fake FORMs 34 Bs are submitted from NASA strongholds again!

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