May 25. (EUROPE PRESS) –
The Chinese authorities have denied the reports of an alleged computer attack against Kenyan government departments, including the office of the Presidency, and have stressed that they are “unfounded” and “absolute nonsense.”
“Cyberattacks are a common threat to all countries and China is also a victim of cyberattacks. China consistently and firmly opposes all cyberattacks and computer theft in all its forms,” a Chinese Embassy spokesperson said. in Nairobi.
Thus, he stressed that “tracing the source of a cyberattack is a complex matter from a technical point of view” and added that “it is a sensitive issue from a political point of view to hold a government responsible for a cyberattack without solid evidence”.
For this reason, it has demanded “a professional and responsible attitude” from the media and has highlighted “the need to have sufficient evidence before publishing information, instead of making unfounded assumptions and accusations,” according to a statement published by the Embassy in its account on the social network Twitter.
The diplomatic legation has also indicated that “China and Kenya are good friends, good partners and good brothers.” “Whether China-Kenya cooperation is good or not is something for the people of both countries to say. Any attempt to sow discord between China and Kenya is doomed to fail,” he concluded.
The statements come in response to information from the British news agency Reuters that pointed to a series of cyberattacks since 2019, when Beijing began to reduce credit lines to Nairobi due to the debt burden and the possibility that it could not pay it. .
