Hackers 'try to steal Covid vaccine secrets in intellectual property war'
by Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor from Science | The Guardian on (#5AQ27)
Agencies point finger at state-sponsored hackers from China, Russia, Iran and North Korea
State-sponsored hackers from China, Russia, Iran and North Korea are engaged in concerted attempts to steal coronavirus vaccine secrets in what security experts describe as an intellectual property war".
They accuse hostile-state hackers of trying to obtain trial results early and seize sensitive information about mass production of drugs, at a time when a range of vaccines are close to being approved for the public.
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