Russia Is Trying to Hack COVID-19 Vaccine Development
Posted on AllSides July 16th, 2020
From The Left
Russian state-based hackers have targeted Western COVID-19 vaccine development, the cybersecurity agencies of the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada say.
APT29, a hacker group that has been linked to the Kremlin and Russian-sanctioned hacking campaigns, undertook a campaign to steal information and intellectual property around the development and testing of vaccines for the novel coronavirus.
The campaign sought to “hinder response efforts at a time when healthcare experts and medical researchers need every available resource to help fight the pandemic” reads a joint statement from the three countries.
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