{"id":48526,"date":"2020-07-18T18:59:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-18T18:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/?p=2659812"},"modified":"2020-07-18T18:59:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-18T18:59:00","slug":"russian-hackers-are-targeting-vaccine-development-officials-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/07\/18\/russian-hackers-are-targeting-vaccine-development-officials-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian hackers are targeting vaccine development, officials say"},"content":{"rendered":"

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<\/span>Photo by Ute Grabowsky\/Photothek via Getty Images<\/small><\/p>\n

Hackers from Russian intelligence services are targeting organizations that are involved in COVID-19 vaccine development, according to US, UK, and Canadian authorities.<\/p>\n

The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) denounced the attacks in an advisory issued Thursday. The NCSC believes the culprits to be APT29, also known as “the Dukes” and “Cozy Bear,” an espionage organization it says is likely associated with Russian intelligence services. A number of partner agencies support that assessment, the advisory says, including the Canadian Communications Security Establishment, the US Department of Homeland Security, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the National Security Agency.<\/p>\n

The NCSC believes the hackers are collecting COVID-19 research, including vaccine development information.<\/p>\n

“We condemn these despicable attacks against those doing vital work to combat the coronavirus pandemic,” said NCSC director of operations Paul Chichester in a statement.<\/p>\n

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