Washington — Chinese government-linked hackers targeted biotech company Moderna, a US-based coronavirus vaccine research developer, in a bid to steal data, according to a US security official tracking Chinese hacking.Last week, the US justice department made public an indictment of two Chinese nationals accused of spying on the US, including three unnamed US-based targets involved in medical research to fight the coronavirus.
Reconnaissance activities can include a range of actions, including probing public websites for vulnerabilities to scouting out important accounts after entering a network, cyber-security experts say. Moderna’s vaccine candidate is one of the earliest and biggest bets by the Trump administration to fight the pandemic. The federal government is supporting development of the company’s vaccine with nearly half a billion dollars and helping Moderna launch an imminent clinical trial of up to 30,000 people.
China has consistently denied any role in hacking and its foreign ministry spokesperson in Beijing, Wang Wenbin, rejected as “baseless” the accusation that hackers linked to the government had targeted Moderna.
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