LONDON/EDINBURGH : The UK accused Russian state intelligence of hacking international pharmaceutical and academic research in a bid to win the race to secure a vaccine against Covid-19.The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) said vaccine and therapeutic sectors in multiple countries have been targeted, declining to list the names and number of institutions affected on security grounds.The UK named the group responsible for the hacking as APT29, saying it is “almost certainly" part of Russian state intelligence.
The group also goes by the name of Cozy Bear or The Dukes and has targeted UK, US and Canadian vaccine research and development organizations.The campaign of malicious activity is ongoing, predominantly against government,.