April 3, 2024, 7:19 p.m. | /u/BrotherAlameen

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https://www.researchgate.net/publication/379537228_Malware_Research_shows_that_SpyLoan_Apps_have_entered_Tanzania_and_is_exploiting_Tanzanian_Citizens

and

https://medium.com/@brotheralameen/malware-research-shows-that-spyloan-apps-have-entered-tanzania-and-is-exploiting-tanzanian-76ae9d2bb23f

In this research, we see the approach of Spy Loan Malware Apps in Tanzania. The threat actors then use the data to harass their victims who refuse to pay their money by means of extortion and blackmail, while the rest of their data remains in the cloud in China. Thus, a proof of cyber-espionage happening in Tanzania by the Chinese and the apps being a National Security Threat posed by the Chinese.

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