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Covid-19: US accuses China of hacking coronavirus researchers

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The US has long accused the Chinese government of cyber-espionage, something Beijing denies. China-linked hackers are targeting organisations researching the Covid-19 pandemic, US officials said.

The FBI said it had seen hacking attempts on US groups researching vaccines, treatments and testing, the BBC reported on Thursday.

The US has long accused the Chinese government of cyber-espionage, something Beijing denies. The pandemic has worsened tensions between the two countries, which have both accused each other of failing to contain the outbreak.

More than 4.3m people around the world have been infected by Covid-19, with over 83,000 US deaths and 4,600 deaths in China, according to Johns Hopkins University.

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