A senior Kenyan security official refuted claims of a Reuters report which said Chinese hackers carried out cyber-attacks against the Kenyan government since 2019, noting the allegations in the article lack authoritative evidence of their existence.
In a statement released on Thursday, Dr. Raymond Omollo, the Principal Secretary for Internal Security and National Administration, said no conclusive verification has been provided by relevant officials from either the Kenyan and Chinese governments in the article, which was initially published on May 23, 2023, and updated the next day.
"The article should be viewed as sponsored propaganda. The wide circulation and the alacrity for its attribution by other foreign media with well-known inclinations further hint at a choreographed and concerted attack against Kenya's sovereignty," said Omollo.
In the article, Reuters reported that the hacks, targeting eight of Kenya's ministries and government departments, were suspected of being conducted by a hacking group sponsored by China, citing Kenyan intelligence analysts and a cyber security firm in the United States.
Omollo argued in the statement that it was unreasonable for the key ministries to be hacked by third-party hackers from China as most of the critical networking infrastructure deployed by Kenya is sourced from the country.
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