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Hackers from Russia and North Korea tried to gain information on the development of vaccines and drugs for the COVID-19 coronavirus infection. The number of successful attacks is not reported.
Microsoft has recorded cyberattacks by Russian and North Korean hackers against seven companies that are developing vaccines and drugs for the COVID-19 coronavirus infection. This was announced on November 13 in a statement from Microsoft’s vice president of security, Tom Burt.
The company said three groups codenamed Strontium (also known as Fancy Bear, APT28, Sofacy, Pawn storm, Sedni) from Russia, as well as Zinc and Cerium from North Korea, are behind the attacks.
The hackers tried to obtain information by various methods. The Strontium group used a password guessing system to steal credentials. At Zinc, they tried to gain access to data and accounts by submitting “job descriptions” and posing as employees of the World Health Organization.
Companies from Canada, France, India, South Korea and the United States have been targeted by cyberattacks. Many of them have contracts with the government to make the vaccine.
Microsoft noted that bMost of the attacks were unsuccessful. The number of successful attacks is not reported.
German company BioNTech who developed and is testing a vaccine together with the American Pfizer, denied reports of a hacker attack on the company’s servers, according to Spiegel.
On July 16, the UK’s National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) reported that Russian hackers intended to hack the servers of organizations developing coronavirus vaccines.
UK National Cybersecurity Center and CISA May 5 announced an increase in the number of hacker attacks on organizations, who are involved in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.
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