Pfizer did not immediately respond to Information Security Media Group s request for comment.
In addition to the report of Pfizer being targeted, South Korea s National Intelligence Service claims to have foiled attempts by North Korea to hack into South Korean firms developing coronavirus vaccines, Reuters reports.
Seeking a Profit?
North Korea has been accused of turning to an army of hackers to fill its cash-strapped coffers amid international sanctions that ban most international trade with it, Reuters reports. So, some health experts speculate that he country s hackers appear more interested in selling the stolen data than using it to develop a homegrown vaccine.
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Wednesday, 10 February, 2021 - 12:15
Iranian FM Mohammad Javad Zarif. (Reuters file photo) Asharq Al-Awsat
The Canadian government and security agencies are reviewing an audio recording in which a man identified by sources as Iran s foreign minister discusses the possibility that the downing of the Ukrainian passenger plane in January 2020 was an intentional act, CBC News reported.
“The individual, identified by sources as Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammad Javad Zarif, is heard saying on the recording that there are a ‘thousand possibilities’ to explain the downing of the jet, including a deliberate attack involving two or three ‘infiltrators’ a scenario he said was ‘not at all unlikely’,” said the report.