North Korea is developing a coronavirus vaccine using data hacked from foreign scientists, according to reports. The secretive state is said to have set up a "hacking organization" to source key pandemic information from other countries, Daily NK claims.
A source told the publication that research done by the tech unit could be used to create a vaccine for citizens of the one-party republic - despite claims it has not had one recorded case of Covid.
The ruling party had apparently established a specialist team called Bureau 325 devoted to hacking intelligence on the virus.
And the source said that Phase I and Phase II vaccine trials had already been completed, with large-scale Phase III trials now underway.