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South Korea’s intelligence agency has said North Korea attempted to steal information on coronavirus vaccines and treatments by hacking Pfizer Inc, a lawmaker briefed by the agency said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Digital espionage targeting health bodies, vaccine scientists and drugmakers has surged during the COVID-19 pandemic as state-backed hacking groups scramble to secure the latest research and information about the outbreak.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Ha Tae-keung, an opposition member of the parliamentary intelligence panel, said the pharmaceutical giant was among those hacked in the bid to steal information on vaccines and treatments.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“There were attempts to steal COVID vaccine and treatment technology during cyber attacks and Pfizer was hacked,” he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Speaking to reporters after a briefing by the agency, Ha did not elaborate on the timing or success of the attempt, a transcript of his remarks reviewed by Reuters showed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Ha’s office confirmed his comments but gave no details.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Pfizer’s offices in Asia and South Korea did not have an immediate comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Tuesday’s news comes after attempts last year by suspected North Korean hackers to break into the systems of at least nine healthcare firms, such as Johnson & Johnson, Novavax Inc, and AstraZeneca.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) has said it had foiled attempts by its neighbour to hack into South Korean firms developing coronavirus vaccines.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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North Korea is often accused of turning to an army of hackers to fill its cash-strapped coffers amid international sanctions that ban most international trade with it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Health experts have said the North’s hackers may be more interested in selling the stolen data than using it to develop a homegrown vaccine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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North Korea is expected to receive nearly 2 million doses of the AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 vaccine by the first half of this year through the COVAX vaccine-sharing programme.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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It has not confirmed any infections, but the NIS had said an outbreak could not be ruled out as the North had trade and people-to-people exchanges with China before closing the border in early 2020.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Leader Kim Jong Un’s wife, Ri Sol Ju, not seen in public for more than a year, is keeping a low profile to avoid infection risks, Ha said, citing the South’s intelligence.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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(Reporting by Sangmi Cha and Hyonhee Shin; Additional reporting by Josh Smith; Editing by Simon Cameron-Moore and Clarence Fernandez)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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