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During the coronavirus epidemic, cyber attacks against healthcare workers, vaccine scientists and drug manufacturers have increased exponentially, Reuters reports. Hackers are struggling to obtain the results of new research and information about the epidemic. Since these hacker groups are carrying out these cyberattacks, there is also state support behind them. Many Western officials say pirated information is being sold at exorbitant prices.
Tech giant Microsoft says this month that it discovered that two North Korean hacker teams were trying to hack organizations working with the corona vaccine in different countries. However, Microsoft did not reveal the names of those organizations.
Hackers from Iran, China, and Russia have tried to hack into various leading pharmaceutical companies in different countries, and even the website of the World Health Organization. They also reported on the matter, according to Reuters; However, Tehran, Beijing and Moscow have denied the accusations.
Many hackers in Astrakhan have used emails registered in Russia to confuse investigators, Reuters reported.
American lawyers have blamed North Korea for the world’s biggest hack. They blamed North Korea for hacking Sony Pictures’ email in 2014 and the disappearance of £ 61 million from the Bangladesh central bank in 2016.
