UK 'confident' Moscow helped hackers target COVID-19 vaccine

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British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said on Sunday he was 'absolutely confident' in allegations by the UK and its allies that Russia targeted ...

Britain is one of a number of countries conducting vaccine trials for COVID-19. LONDON: British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said on Sunday he was"absolutely confident" in allegations by the UK and its allies that Russia targeted labs conducting COVID-19 research, branding the behaviour"outrageous and reprehensible".

However, Raab reiterated that the trio's conclusions were based on assessments by Britain's National Cyber Security Centre and its counterparts in the US and Canada."We're absolutely confident that the Russian intelligence agencies were engaged in a cyber attack on research and development efforts in organisations in this country and internationally with a view either to sabotage or to profit," he told Sky News.

"I don't believe in this story at all, there is no sense in it," he told the Andrew Marr Show, adding he had learned about the hacking collective's existence from British media reports."SPY STORY"

 

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