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“#Russian, North Korean hackers target vaccine work<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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\n In this Monday, July 27, 2020 file photo, a nurse prepares a shot as a study of a possible COVID-19 vaccine, developed by the National Institutes of Health and Moderna Inc., gets underway in Binghamton, N.Y. Microsoft says state-backed Russian and North Korean hackers have in recent months tried to steal valuable data from leading pharmaceutical companies and COVID-19 vaccine researchers. (AP Photo\/Hans Pennink)
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Microsoft said it has detected attempts by state-backed Russian and North Korean hackers to steal valuable data from leading pharmaceutical companies and vaccine researchers.<\/p>\n

It said in have also been targeting vaccine-makers, the U.S. government said in July while announcing criminal charges.<\/p>\n

Microsoft said most of the targets\u2014located in Canada, France, India, South Korea and the United States\u2014were “directly involved in researching vaccines and treatments for COVID-19.” It did not name the targets but said most had vaccine candidates in various stages of clinical trials.<\/p>\n

The company identified one of the state-backed hacker groups as Fancy Bear, the Russian military agents who Britain’s National Cyber Security Center said in July were behind such intrusion attempts<\/a>. Two others were North Korea’s Lazarus Group and a group Microsoft calls Cerium.<\/p>\n

Most of the break-in efforts involved attempts to steal the login credentials of people associated with the targeted organizations. The Lazarus Group posed as job recruiters while Cerium targeted spear-phishing emails that masqueraded as missives from World Health Organization representatives, Microsoft said.<\/p>\n

The blog post coincided with an app<\/a>earance by Microsoft president Brad Smith at an international forum calling on nations to protect health care facilities from cyberattacks. This year, the Paris Peace Forum is taking place online.<\/p>\n