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As the world prepares to launch vaccination campaigns against Corona, the former head of the Cybersecurity Agency of the US Department of Homeland Security, Chris Krebs, announced that Russia, China, Iran and North Korea have recently tried to steal information. and intellectual property rights related to the Corona virus vaccine.
The CNBC website quoted Cribs’ interview with CBS on “Face the Nation” that these four countries are conducting some kind of spy targeting vaccines.
He pointed out that the issue is not only related to the development of vaccines, but extends to the entire supply chain and logistics transport, looking for any weakness in this chain that allows them to penetrate it.
He called for the need to strengthen cybersecurity for national security and the private sector.
The “Guardian” newspaper had published a report at the end of November in which it spoke of the participation of pirates sponsored by Russia, China, Iran and North Korea in organized campaigns to steal the secrets of vaccines against the emerging corona virus.
According to the newspaper, the hackers seek to obtain sensitive information about the vaccine production process, in addition to the results of clinical tests, while experts described these processes as an “intellectual property war.”
These hackers try to infiltrate Western intelligence agencies, including the British Center for Cyber Security, which affirms its commitment to protect all your information.
Hackers in China and other countries have previously tried to steal vaccine research secrets. Last September, the New York Times revealed attempts to take over vaccine research from American universities.
The newspaper described the daily hacking attempts by these countries as a “global battle behind the scenes”, despite the fact that Western governments did not bring charges against China and the rest of the allies for fear of “diplomatic repercussions”.
Western experts add that the attacks frequently come from China, Iran and North Korea in particular. Last September, Spain accused Chinese hackers of stealing Covid research secrets from labs in a “particularly fierce” campaign.
And last May, accusations were brought against hackers linked to Iran for trying to steal the secrets of the US pharmaceutical company.
Hackers linked to Iran were accused of trying to steal secrets from the US pharmaceutical company “Gilead” in May, using a fake email login page to try to lure a top executive into allowing access to the company’s systems, in one of many attempts.
The US company Microsoft recently said it discovered “3-party cyberattacks targeting 7 prominent companies” that were directly involved in research on vaccines and treatments for the Corona virus, according to Al-Hurra.
