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'Grey war' targets Covid-19 research
In the time of a global pandemic, you would think all nations would be pulling together to find a vaccine. Unfortunately, some nation states are continuing as they did before the global crisis.
04 September 2020
Nation states are targeting Covid-19 research labs to steal potential vaccines, not only to help their own populace, but also to destabilise countries they deem an enemy.
So says Mark Sangster, VP and industry security strategist at eSentire, following accusations by the US, the UK and Canada in July that Russian cyber operatives have been attempting to steal Covid-19 vaccine research.
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