Probably old news to most on here. Brief look but couldn't find the 2018 article (my poor search skills?)
In 2018 it was alleged the servers at the African Union were downloading to Shanghai each night. When confronted, the Chinese apparently offered to supply, at no / minimal cost, a whole new African Union headquarters, equipped with Chinese computers.
New Allegations That China Spied on the AU Spark a Flashback to Similar Accusations in 2018 - The China Africa ProjectReuters’ exclusive report that suspected Chinese hackers penetrated the African Union’s IT networks to siphon off data prompted many to think “uh oh, here we go again,” and recalling similar accusations back in 2018.
In 2018,
the French newspaper Le Monde published a report that was also
later confirmed by the Financial Times that Chinese entities had allegedly inserted so-called “back doors” on the AU’s computer network. For five years, according to those reports, massive data dumps took place at night, with countless files purportedly transferred from the AU HQ in Addis
to servers located in Shanghai.