The government of Kazakhstan is forcing citizens in Nur-Sultan, the countries capital, to install digital certificates on their devices in order to access foreign internet services. The initiative is working under the guise of a “cybersecurity exercise”, however, once the certificate is installed it allows the government access to a users device in order to intercept any HTTPS traffic from the devices via a MitM (Man-in-the-Middle) technique.
From December 6, 2020, Kazakh internet service providers (ISPs) such as Tele2, Beeline and Kcell will redirect Nur-Sultan-based users to web pages which will show them how to install the government’s certificate. On Sunday, Nur-Sultan residents began to receive SMS messages informing them of the latest rules.
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