The Rwanda Investigation Bureau says the hackers planned to steal money from clients' accounts at Equity Bank, but did not say when the hacking attempt was staged.

The bureau said the hacking group was composed of eight Kenyans, three Rwandans and one Ugandan.

https://twitter.com/RIB_Rw/status/1190015026616324096

Equity Bank is a regional financial services giant with presence across Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The Rwanda Investigation Bureau said the group of hackers had previously managed to hack into the bank's systems in Kenyan and Uganda.

https://twitter.com/RIB_Rw/status/1190015029250277380

Equity Bank's Chief Executive James Mwangi was early this year quoted as saying that the bank had experienced about 14,000 attempts to hack its systems.