{"id":142244,"date":"2024-01-23T11:46:34","date_gmt":"2024-01-23T11:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/23\/fake-news-helb-denies-rumours-that-it-has-been-hacked\/"},"modified":"2024-01-23T11:46:34","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T11:46:34","slug":"fake-news-helb-denies-rumours-that-it-has-been-hacked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/23\/fake-news-helb-denies-rumours-that-it-has-been-hacked\/","title":{"rendered":"FAKE NEWS: HELB Denies Rumours That it Has Been Hacked"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-306240\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"625\"  data-lazy- src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/helb.jpg\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-306240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/helb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"625\"  \/>The Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) has come out to rubbish rumours that its systems have been hacked.<\/p>\n<p>A Facebook post from a fake HELB page was forefront at spreading the news, indicating that \u201caround 5,000 HELB batches have been hacked. The post asked those who were affected to visit their nearest Huduma Centre.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Coming soon after the release of over Sh14 billon to students, the real HELB saw it appropriate to respond, as well as guide users to genuine HELB pages.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFAKE NEWS ALERT! Disregard this false HELB message claiming a hack on batch numbers! Your funds are safe. No need to rush to Huduma Centres,\u201d a post on X read.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">FAKE NEWS ALERT! Disregard this false HELB message claiming a hack on batch numbers! Your funds are safe. No need to rush to Huduma Centres. Let\u2019s verify any information before sharing. Follow our social media handles, Facebook <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HELBpage?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@HELBPage<\/a> or X <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HELBpage?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@HELBPage<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FakeNews?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FakeNews<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StayInformed?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StayInformed<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0VGvgieZzp\">pic.twitter.com\/0VGvgieZzp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 OFFICIAL HELB PAGE (@HELBpage) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HELBpage\/status\/1749335900277067848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 22, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) has come out to rubbish rumours that its systems have been hacked. A Facebook post from a fake HELB page was forefront at spreading the news, indicating that \u201caround 5,000 HELB batches have been hacked. The post asked those who were affected to visit their nearest Huduma Centre.\u201d Coming [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":142245,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-142244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-kenya-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>FAKE NEWS: HELB Denies Rumours That it Has Been Hacked - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/23\/fake-news-helb-denies-rumours-that-it-has-been-hacked\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"FAKE NEWS: HELB Denies Rumours That it Has Been Hacked - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) has come out to rubbish rumours that its systems have been hacked. 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