North Korea has attempted to hack Pfizer and steal its Covid vaccine technology, reports say. The isolated nation has still not reported a single case of coronavirus and is due to receive two million doses of the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine.

Last year suspected North Korean hackers tried to break into at least nine health organisations, including Johnson & Johnson, Novavax Inc, and AstraZeneca. And now, South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) say they’ve detected an attempted hack at Pfizer, Yonhap news agency reports.

It’s still not known if the hack was successful or when it took place. The NIS said it had also foiled attempts to hack companies developing vaccines in South Korea.

Digital espionage against health bodies, vaccine scientists and drugmakers has intensified during the pandemic as state-backed hacking groups scramble to obtain the latest research and information about the outbreak.

North Korea is often accused of turning to an army of hackers to fill cash-strapped government coffers amid international sanctions that ban most international trade with the country.

Health experts have said the country’s hackers may be more interested in selling the stolen vaccine data than using it to develop a homegrown jab.

North Korea has still not confirmed any coronavirus infection, but the NIS says an outbreak cannot be ruled out as the country had active trade and people-to-people exchanges with China before closing the border in early 2020.

Leader Kim Jong Un’s wife, Ri Sol Ju, who hasn’t been seen in public for more than a year, is reportedly keeping a low profile to avoid a risk of infection from Covid.

Source: https://metro.co.uk/2021/02/16/north-korea-tried-to-hack-pfizer-and-steal-covid-vaccine-technology-14088614/?ito=cbshare

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Talk about stealing from the enemy..

America keep training and selling ideas out to these Asians and they think they can outsmart or outdo the US of A.

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Dats how their hackers have been hacking into banks and crypto wallets

Health experts have said the country’s hackers may be more interested in selling the stolen vaccine data than using it to develop a homegrown jab.

Well I believe that they can copy the data, then sell one and use the other one to manufacture their own homegrown jab.


Too much sense

Good.
Cheating is part of international relations

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