China-backed hackers targeted Moderna’s COVID report


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U.S.-based Moderna Therapeutics is trying to develop a vaccine against the coronavirus disease. © Reuters July 31, 2020 03:02 JST | China Copy Copied WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- Chinese government-linked hackers targeted biotech company Moderna Inc, a leading U.S.-based coronavirus vaccine research developer, earlier this year in a bid to steal valuable data, according to a U.S. security official tracking Chinese hacking activity. Last week, the U.S. Justice Department made public an indictment of two Chinese nationals accused of spying on the United States, including three unnamed U.S.-based targets involved in medical research to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. The indictment states...