Chinese hackers targeted vaccine firm Moderna


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Chinese hackers targeted vaccine firm Moderna Reuters Videos 31 July 2020 Chinese hackers targeted the biotech firm Moderna earlier this year, a company that announced a COVID-19 vaccine candidate in January. That's according to a U.S. security official who exclusively spoke to Reuters, who says the hackers were backed by Beijing. Moderna's vaccine candidate is one of the earliest and biggest bets by the Trump administration to fight the global pandemic. This comes after the Justice Department last week revealed an indictment against two Chinese nationals accused of spying. The indictment listed three targets based in the U.S. working on...