New: U.S. plans to accuse China of hacking vaccine data this week, as the cyber landscape becomes a free-for-all for for-profit cyber criminals and nation states looking to glean any intel they can about a global pandemic whose response is anything but. https://www.nytimes.com/..…
@guypbenson
Guy Benson on x
They lied about the virus, covered it up as it proliferated, pressed their stooges at WHO to withhold the truth about transmission, distributed/sold defective PPE & tests, and now they're returning to their MO (theft) to steal others' research on a vaccine. Sounds about right. ht…
@pashulman
Peter A. Shulman on x
I keep thinking about this. On the one hand, there is no reason to trust our government anymore. On the other, if it's indeed true, given the global nature of this crisis, why is anyone keeping their research secret and not working in a global consortium? https://twitter.com/...
@brianfagioli
Brian Fagioli on x
@Techmeme Devils advocate, but... Wouldn't China stealing this data to more quickly develop a vaccine be good for humanity as a whole? Hell, why isn't this vaccine data public? Who cares how we get there, and who gets there first, as long as we get there...
@peterjhasson
Peter J. Hasson on x
“The F.B.I. and the Department of Homeland Security are preparing to issue a warning that China's most skilled hackers and spies are working to steal American research in the crash effort to develop vaccines and treatments for the coronavirus.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
@adammilstein
Adam Milstein on x
Israeli cyber company. discovered and prevented Iranian hacking and cyber attacks against Gilead Sciences, the U.S. drugmaker whose antiviral remdesivir has shown promise for treating coronavirus https://www.reuters.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@baekdal
Thomas Baekdal on x
...and a month ago, the US spied on China... so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@timaeppel
Timothy Aeppel on x
A draft of the forthcoming public warning says China is seeking “valuable intellectual property and public health data through illicit means related to vaccines, treatments and testing.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
@idreesali114
Idrees Ali on x
“A draft of the forthcoming public warning, which officials say is likely to be issued in the days to come, says China is seeking “valuable intellectual property and public health data through illicit means related to vaccines, treatments and testing.""https://www.nytimes.com/ ..…
@rlheinrichs
Rebeccah Heinrichs on x
Hacking during COVID19- suspects are China, Russia and Iran, others ‘Dominic Raab, the foreign secretary, called the attacks “particularly venal” given that they were targeting international and national organisations responding to the COVID-19 crisis.’ https://news.sky.com/...
@kevincollier
Kevin Collier on x
What's remarkable here is public attribution of cyberattacks usually conveys a moral high ground. ("China's doing this, but we would NEVER.") But the US IC is actively searching for evidence the virus leaked from a Wuhan lab. They even announced it. https://www.nytimes.com/...
@jc_stubbs
Jack Stubbs on x
Exclusive - Hackers linked to Iran have targeted staff at Gilead Sciences in recent weeks, the U.S. pharma giant whose antiviral drug remdesivir is the only treatment so far proven to help patients infected with COVID-19 https://www.reuters.com/...