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It is not just outsiders who plot to steal money from banks, employees of these banks also grapple with the overpowering temptation to steal.Statistics that banks lose up to 500 million shillings due to unethical acts by their employees.An investigation by the Cybercrime unit has revealed that Kenya lost around 17 billion to hacking in the year 2016.Law enforcement officers say that the hackers are usually employees of the banks and saccos who create a backdoor to illegally access funds.This year, the staff of the Kenya Revenue Authority were arrested for hacking into the tax authority's accounts.