Drug regulators leak information on Pfizer's new corona vaccine after a cyberattack
As the development of vaccines and therapeutic agents for the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) progresses, cyber attacks on research institutes and pharmaceutical companies in each country have become a problem. On January 12, 2021, it was revealed that information on the new coronavirus vaccine developed by
Cyberattack on EMA --update 4 | European Medicines Agency
https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/news/cyberattack-ema-update-4
Cyber Attackers Leaked Covid-19 Vaccine Data After EU Hack --Bloomberg
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-12/covid-vaccine-documents-leaked-on-web-eu-drug-regulator-says
2020 in late April, cyber crime groups in China that managed a hacking to research institutions to develop a therapeutic agent or vaccine of COVID-19 turned out to, the United States government officially condemned the Chinese was. In addition, Microsoft is 'Russia and North Korea has been hacking the new corona vaccine-related research organization' and the announcement received a has been, seven major pharmaceutical companies and researchers damage in the United States, Canada, France, India, South Korea It is said to have been.
In addition, hackers are not limited to research institutes, but also carriers that build vaccine transportation networks. In addition, on December 9, 2020, it was discovered that an EMA with authority to approve vaccine use in the EU was hit by a cyberattack and hackers had access to documents on the new coronavirus vaccine.
BioNTech, which co-developed the vaccine with Pfizer, said in a statement on its official website, 'Some of the documents regarding the application for approval of the new coronavirus vaccine'BNT162b2'stored on the EMA server have been compromised by hackers. I was notified by EMA that I received it. '
And on January 12, 2021, one month after the first announcement, the EMA said, 'In an investigation into an ongoing cyberattack on the EMA, we received unauthorized access by a hacker.' COVID-19 belonging to an external agency. It has been revealed that some of the documents related to medicines and vaccines have been leaked on the Internet. '
It was Italian cybersecurity firm Yalix who discovered a leak of documents related to Pfizer and BioNTech vaccines on the dark web. Marco Gat, CEO of Yarix, said that 'files stolen from the EMA containing confidential emails about vaccine manufacturing and marketing' had been published on the dark web and notified Italian authorities of the issue. ..
Research has revealed that a single IT application used by EMA was involved in this cyberattack, but at the time of writing, no information about the hacker's identity or purpose was disclosed. The EMA emphasized that the cyberattack had no impact on the vaccine approval process and that there were no issues with the vaccine approval process or timeline.
In addition, on December 21, 2020, after the cyber attack was discovered, EMA recommended that Pfizer and BioNTech's new coronavirus vaccine be approved, and on January 6, 2021, EMA also announced Moderna's new coronavirus vaccine. Approves .
New Corona: EU, Pfizer Vaccine Approved Pharmaceutical Agency Recommendation: Nihon Keizai Shimbun
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