Wall Street Journal: North Korean Hackers Are Said to Have Targeted Companies Working on Covid-19 Vaccines
“North Korean hackers have targeted at least six pharmaceutical companies in the U.S., the U.K., and South Korea working on Covid-19 treatments [and vaccines], according to people familiar with the matter, as the regime seeks sensitive information it could sell or weaponize. … It wasn’t known whether the hackers succeeded in swiping useful information. But North Korea has coordinated attacks on the six companies since August, the people said…” (Jeong, 12/2).