Cybersecurity
Covid-19 Research Under Hacker Attacks, U.S. and U.K. Warn
- Hackers looking to help their domestic efforts to fight virus
- ‘Password spraying’ used to try to breach networks, alert says
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The U.S. and U.K. are investigating hacking incidents against pharmaceutical companies, medical groups and universities involved in research related to the coronavirus.
“Advanced Persistent Threat” groups, a term that refers to sophisticated hackers who are typically backed by a nation-state, are “actively targeting organizations involved in both national and international Covid-19 responses,” according to a joint alert from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the U.K’s National Cyber Security Centre.