Reuters reports that Chinese hackers have conducted extensive network invasion in Kenya, East African countries to obtain debt information that Kenya owes Beijing.
Reuters interviewed three sources, read reports of network security research reports and analyzed technical data related to hackers, and made the above report on Wednesday (May 24).
The report quoted an intelligence analyst in Africa that Chinese hackers have carried out a three -year network invasion operation on the Kenyan government since 2019. It has continued until 2022.With government departments, including the presidential office, the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Information, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Land and the Ministry of the Interior and the Anti -Terrorism Center.
The research document written by the analyst also lists the timetable and goals of hackers, as well as technical data for invasion of some Kenyan intelligence agencies.The report also introduced in detail how Chinese hackers secretly entered the email server used by the National Intelligence Agency of Kenya in July 2021.
The report cannot be determined what information has been obtained in the hacker operation, nor can it be clear that the motivation to attack.However, a Kenyan defense contractor said in the report that these hackers may be to collect information about how Kenya plans to manage their debt payment.
Two sources also believe that at least part of the purpose of Chinese hackers attacking the Kenyan government's special server is to obtain information about Kenya's debt in Kenya.
A Kenyan network security expert said in an interview that the source of this network invasion was a Kenyan government employee in 2019 downloaded a infected infection from China without knowing it.Documents enable hackers to penetrate into Kenya network and enter other agencies.
He said that after that, many documents of the Kenya Ministry of Foreign Affairs were stolen and documents of the financial department were stolen.The stolen documents seem to be related to debt situations.
Kenya is one of the countries participating in the Chinese Belt and Road Plan.According to the Chinese Loan Comprehensive Database hosted by the University of Boston, from 2000 to 2020, China provided a loan of nearly $ 160 billion (about 215.5 billion yuan) to African countries, of which Kenya owed more than $ 9 billion loans, most of themLoans are used for large infrastructure projects, including the construction of railways, ports and highways.
The Kenyan President's Office interviewed that China is not the only country that has been accused of invading the Kenyan government server. China, the United States, and Europe have frequently infiltrated the Kenyan government's servers.
However, China denies the allegations.A spokesman for the Chinese Embassy in the UK said that these allegations were not foundable. Beijing resolutely opposed all forms of cyber attacks and theft, and also used topics such as network security to provoke the irresponsible moves of China's relations with other developing countries.
