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L ‘Mom was the target of a cyber attack. The European Medicines Evaluation Agency “immediately launched an investigation in close cooperation with law enforcement and other relevant entities,” the Amsterdam-based EMA said in a statement.
In recent days, Interpol had raised the alarm about possible theft and counterfeiting of the Covid vaccine. In the next few days theMom will have to rule on the authorization to administer at least two candidate vaccines for the coronavirus.
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BioNTech announced that the data related to the vaccine developed with Pfizer has been illegally consulted after a cyber attack on the European drug regulator. “The European Medicines Agency has informed us that the Agency has been the target of a cyberattack and that certain documents related to Pfizer’s regulatory filing and the candidate vaccine have been illegally accessed,” they said in a joint statement. the two companies.
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The statement explains that “it is important to note that neither the BioNtech nor the Pfizer system was breached in connection with this incident and that we are not aware of the personal data that would have been breached.” The EMA did not provide further details on the attack.
