Businesses and organisations in Kenya and Nigeria have reported numerous cases that range from online scams, digital extortion, business email compromise, ransomware, botnets, espionage, threat to critical infrastructure, and organized crime, among others. PHOTO | SHUTTERSTOCK
Kenya’s recent experience where more than 5,000 digital government services were inaccessible after hacking incidents could be prevented by more deployment of artificial intelligence.
But experts warn this won’t be an absolute defence yet given there are bad sides of AI, including impersonation and falsification of identities, which can make it a potent weapon for adversaries to orchestrate sophisticated cyber-attacks.
