Organization:European Medicines Agency data breach
In December 2020 the European Medicines Agency announced that it had been targeted in a cyberattack.[1][2] The agency announced that it had opened a full investigation in close cooperation with law enforcement and other entities but declined to give details of the attack while the investigation was ongoing.[1][2] In a separate announcement BioNTech said that files relating to the COVID-19 vaccine it had developed with Pfizer had been unlawfully accessed after a cyberattack on the EMA.[2] BioNTech also said that "No BioNTech or Pfizer systems have been breached in connection with this incident and we are unaware of any personal data of study participants being accessed."[2]
Neither the dates nor the methods of the cyberattack were revealed, nor who the perpetrators were.[2]
The National Cyber Security Centre in the United Kingdom announced that it was studying the situation and how it would affect the UK.[2] The UK is the first country where the BioNTech/Pfizer vaccine was deployed.[2]
Russia and China accused
In March 2021 the Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant published an article saying "sources close to the investigation" has disclosed that a Russian intelligence agency and Chinese spies were behind the attacks.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "European Medicines Agency says it has been targeted in cyber attack". TheJournal.ie. Press Association. 9 December 2020. https://www.thejournal.ie/european-medicines-agency-cyberattack-5294402-Dec2020/.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Sabbagh, Dan (9 December 2020). "Hackers accessed vaccine documents in cyber-attack on EMA". The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/09/hackers-accessed-vaccine-documents-in-cyber-attack-on-ema.
- ↑ "Russian and Chinese hackers gained access to EMA". 6 March 2021. https://www.volkskrant.nl/nieuws-achtergrond/russian-and-chinese-hackers-gained-access-to-ema~bdc61ba59/?referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F.
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