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The us company Microsoft has recorded cyber attacks by Russian and North Korean hackers on seven companies that develop vaccines and medicines for coronavirus. This is stated in a statement by Microsoft Vice President of security Tom Burt.
The text says that three groups under the code names Strontium (also known as Fancy Bear, APT28, Sofacy, Pawn storm, Sedni) from Russia, as well as Zinc and Cerium from North Korea are behind the attacks. They act differently.
Russian hackers allegedly use the system to select passwords to steal credentials. The main goal is to hack the accounts of specialists who are involved in the development of vaccines.
Zinc under the guise of a recruiter sends phishing emails with descriptions of non-existent positions. If you open such a message from a work computer, it will come under the control of hackers.
Companies in Canada, France, India, South Korea and the United States have been subject to cyber attacks. Many of them have government contracts to produce the vaccine.
Hackers tried to gain access to data and accounts by sending "job descriptions" and posing as employees of the world health organization.
German firm BioNTech, which is developing a vaccine for COVID-19, has denied reports of a hacker attack on the company's servers, Spiegel reported on Friday.
"The enterprise's computer systems were not affected by the encryption Trojan," a company spokeswoman said.
The text says that three groups under the code names Strontium (also known as Fancy Bear, APT28, Sofacy, Pawn storm, Sedni) from Russia, as well as Zinc and Cerium from North Korea are behind the attacks. They act differently.
Russian hackers allegedly use the system to select passwords to steal credentials. The main goal is to hack the accounts of specialists who are involved in the development of vaccines.
Zinc under the guise of a recruiter sends phishing emails with descriptions of non-existent positions. If you open such a message from a work computer, it will come under the control of hackers.
Companies in Canada, France, India, South Korea and the United States have been subject to cyber attacks. Many of them have government contracts to produce the vaccine.
Hackers tried to gain access to data and accounts by sending "job descriptions" and posing as employees of the world health organization.
German firm BioNTech, which is developing a vaccine for COVID-19, has denied reports of a hacker attack on the company's servers, Spiegel reported on Friday.
"The enterprise's computer systems were not affected by the encryption Trojan," a company spokeswoman said.