Cybersecurity

Cyber Attackers Leaked Covid-19 Vaccine Data After EU Hack

  • Leak followed data breach at European Medicines Agency
  • Timetables related to vaccine approvals unaffected, EMA says
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Hackers posted confidential documents regarding Covid-19 medicines and vaccines on the internet after a data breach late last year at the European Medicines Agency.

Timelines related to evaluating and approving Covid medicines and vaccines haven’t been affected, the EMA said in a statementBloomberg Terminal on Tuesday. The agency said it remains fully functional and that law enforcement authorities are taking action on the breach.