肯尼亚去年发生五百多万次网络攻击

More Than 5 Million Cyber Attacks in Kenya 肯尼亚去年发生五百多万次网络攻击

There were 5.4 million cyber-attacks recorded last year in Kenya. That is more than double the number recorded in 2013.

去年，肯尼亚记录到540万起网络攻击，超过2013年的两倍。

Most of the attacks involved financial crimes or targeted information infrastructure¹ like computer systems. The targets were Kenyan government agencies, other groups and private citizens.

大多数攻击涉及金融犯罪或针对计算机系统等信息基础设施。攻击对象是肯尼亚政府机构、其它组织和公民个人。

Many computer users wonder what they should be doing to guard against possible online attacks.

许多电脑用户不知如何防范可能出现的网络攻击。

Felix Ngugi is a 22-year-old information technology student. He is taking a two-year-long class. The course helps students learn how to secure information stored on computers. It tells them about computer hacking³ and tests their anti-hacking proficiency⁴.

Felix Ngugi是一名22岁的信息技术专业学生。他正在研读为期两年的课程。该课程会帮助学生学习如何保护储存在计算机上的信息，给他们讲解计算机黑客问题，并测试他们的反黑客能力。

Students pay $10 a year for the costs of software programs and use of computer servers. Felix Ngugi says $10 is a small price for the knowledge and experience offered by the course.

学生们每年支付10美元，作为软件程序费用和计算机服务器使用费。Ngugi表示，10美元相对于该课程提供的知识和经验来说微不足道。

"Why we are learning this is to be able to secure the people who are innocently being attacked by people who know computers and to protect their data and information from getting out to the open."

“我们学习这些是为了能够保护那些无辜遭受精通计算机的人攻击的人们，并防止他们的数据和信息外泄。”

Kenya is listed as one of the countries most likely to face cyber-threats. Kenya's Ministry⁵ of Information and Communication says that, in 2013, the country had 31-million users of mobile devices. It adds that 13 million others used the Internet.

肯尼亚被列为最可能面临网络威胁的国家之一。肯尼亚信息和通讯部表示，2013年全国有3100万移动设备用户。他们还补充说，另外还有1300万人使用互联网。

Cyber-crime is estimated to cost the world economy more than $500 billion a year.

预计网络犯罪每年给世界经济造成超过5千亿美元的损失。

The African Union is taking steps to fight cyber-crime. Its members created the AU Convention on Cyber Security and Data Protection. Yet the agreement has yet to be approved by a single country.

非洲联盟正采取措施打击网络犯罪。其成员国设立了非盟网络安全和数据保护公约。然而该协议尚未被任何国家通过。

Fred Wahome is an expert on information technology.

Fred Wahome是一名信息技术专家。

“One of the challenges that came up is that the member states were not consulted on these issues, so you’ll find countries like Kenya, the human rights organizations and some of the universities, they opposed that convention based on those facts that they could actually hamper⁶ the issues of human rights.”

“挑战之一是成员国并没有对这些问题进行协商。所以你会发现像肯尼亚等国家，人权组织和一些大学基于它们可能会妨碍人权这点反对该公约。”

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fraud – n. the crime of using dishonest methods to take something valuable from another person

hack² – v. to secretly get access to the files on a computer or network in order to get information, cause damage, etc.

proficiency – n. a high degree of skill for something; expertise⁷.

1 infrastructure   

n.下部构造，下部组织，基础结构，基础设施

参考例句：

• We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
• We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设，发展各类群众文化。

2 hack   

n.劈，砍，出租马车；v.劈，砍，干咳

参考例句：

• He made a hack at the log.他朝圆木上砍了一下。
• Early settlers had to hack out a clearing in the forest where they could grow crops.早期移民不得不在森林里劈出空地种庄稼。

3 hacking   

n.非法访问计算机系统和数据库的活动

参考例句：

• The patient with emphysema is hacking all day. 这个肺气肿病人整天不断地干咳。
• We undertook the task of hacking our way through the jungle. 我们负责在丛林中开路。

4 proficiency   

n.精通，熟练，精练

参考例句：

• He plied his trade and gained proficiency in it.他勤习手艺，技术渐渐达到了十分娴熟的地步。
• How do you think of your proficiency in written and spoken English?你认为你的书面英语和口语熟练程度如何？

5 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

6 hamper   

vt.妨碍，束缚，限制；n.(有盖的)大篮子

参考例句：

• There are some apples in a picnic hamper.在野餐用的大篮子里有许多苹果。
• The emergence of such problems seriously hamper the development of enterprises.这些问题的出现严重阻碍了企业的发展。

7 expertise   

n.专门知识(或技能等)，专长

参考例句：

• We were amazed at his expertise on the ski slopes.他斜坡滑雪的技能使我们赞叹不已。
• You really have the technical expertise in a new breakthrough.让你真正在专业技术上有一个全新的突破。