Cybersecurity
Russia, North Korea Targeted Covid Research With Cyber-Attacks
- North Korean hackers sent emails purporting to be from WHO
- Most of the attacks were blocked, according to Microsoft
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Hackers in Russia and North Korea have targeted seven “prominent” companies working on Covid-19 vaccine and treatment research, according to Microsoft Corp.
The cyber-attacks were conducted in recent months and targeted “leading pharmaceutical companies and vaccine researchers” in the U.S., Canada, France, India, and South Korea, according to a Friday blog post by the company, which said that “the majority of these attacks were blocked.” Microsoft didn’t identify the companies or researchers who were targeted.