Chinese Hackers

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Chinese Hackers attacked Coronavirus Research

Back in July media alerted you about how China was hacking institutions related to studying the coronavirus and how to produce a working vaccine. They weren't providing many details back then besides the fact some of the facilities were located in Massachusetts and Maryland if talking about the US only.

The following news article actually tells you the NAME of that company that the Chinese tried to vulnerate to steal or alter its data.

China-backed hackers targeted

COVID-19 vaccine firm Moderna

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-healt...SKCN24V38M
What you might still ignore is that Moderna is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts!

The indictment said the Chinese hackers “conducted reconnaissance” against the computer network of a Massachusetts biotech firm known to be working on a coronavirus vaccine in January.
Moderna, which is based in Massachusetts and announced its COVID-19 vaccine candidate in January, confirmed to Reuters that the company had been in contact with the FBI and was made aware of the suspected “information reconnaissance activities” by the hacking group mentioned in last week’s indictment.
The July 7 indictment alleges that the two Chinese hackers, identified as Li Xiaoyu and Dong Jiazhi, conducted a decade-long hacking spree that most recently included the targeting of COVID-19 medical research groups.

And you can take for granted that those Chinese hackers are persistent indeed.

By the way, they also add another state to the list, namely California.  

The court filing describes the California firm as working on antiviral drug research and suggested the Maryland company had publicly announced efforts to develop a vaccine in January. Two companies that could match those descriptions: Gilead Sciences Inc and Novavax Inc.