Chinese hackers attacked Kenya State agencies -Reuters
A view shows the cityscape on the Nairobi Expressway undertaken by the China Road and Bridge Corporation on a public-private partnership basis, along Uhuru highway in Nairobi, Kenya on May 7, 2023. PHOTO | THOMAS MUKOYA | REUTERS
Chinese hackers targeted Kenya's government in a widespread, years-long series of digital intrusions against key ministries and state institutions, according to three sources, cybersecurity research reports and Reuters' own analysis of technical data related to the hackings.
Two of the sources assessed the hacks to be aimed, at least in part, at gaining information on debt owed to Beijing by the East African nation which is a strategic link in the Belt and Road Initiative - President Xi Jinping's plan for a global infrastructure network.
