'SilentCards' – Inside Kenyan Hacker Group Gaining International Fame

guest · Feb 17, 2020

Inside Kenyan Hacker Group Gaining International Fame
February 17, 2020
https://www.kenyans.co.ke/news/49809-inside-kenyan-hacker-group-gaining-international-fame

SilentCards, based in Nairobi, has previously been accused of orchestrating multi-million shilling heists in the financial services sector, particularly targeting banks and their Automated Teller Machines (ATMs).

“Currently, only five groups pose a real threat to the financial sector; Cobalt, Silence, MoneyTaker (Russian), Lazarus (North Korea), and SilentCards (a new group from Kenya),” Group-IB noted in its report presented at the CyberCrimeCon international Threat Hunting and Intelligence conference in Singapore.
The group is said to have undertaken heists on multiple banks in the region over the past three years positioning Kenya as a hub for cyber-crime.
"SilentCards is a new group that carries out targeted attacks on banks in Africa. Despite their poor technical skills (compared to other groups), they successfully steal money in this region," the report reads in part.
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An investigative report by The Standard claimed that SilentCards was the most successful of several hacker groups in Nairobi. The groups are said to operate from buildings in various estates along the Thika Superhighway such as Ruiru, Kasarani and Roysambu.
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The Standard: City estates where hackers plot multi-billion bank heists

However, in the past two years, business rivalry, greed and ambition has seen splintering along the ranks, with smaller groups branching out into neighbouring countries, making Kenya a regional hub for cyber-criminals.

One group known as SilentCards has grown in notoriety as the most prolific and successful gang targeting tens of banks, micro-finance institutions and Saccos in the country, according to our sources.
At the same time, the presence of high-speed Internet and unregulated broadband connections with cheap subscriptions provide the best infrastructure for the hackers.
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