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COVID Vaccine Maker AstraZeneca Targeted by Alleged North Korean Hackers

Hackers targeted employees at British drugmaker AstraZeneca in an attempt to infect their computers with malware. The company is one of the leading groups developing a promising COVID-19 vaccine. The North Korean mission to the United Nations in Geneva reportedly declined to comment on the allegations. North Korea has been blamed for some of the most prominent cyber incidents, including the 2014 attack on Sony Pictures deployed in retaliation for the blockbuster movie The Interview, the global WannaCry ransomware pandemic in 2017.”]

Source: https://www.bitdefender.com/blog/hotforsecurity/covid-vaccine-maker-astrazeneca-targeted-by-alleged-north-korean-hackers/

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