Cybercriminals target Covid-19 vaccines

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Officials in the UK and US warn of threat from cyber-attacks that steal data related to Covid-19 vaccines and aim to disrupt the supply chain

Covid-19 vaccines currently under development have become the object of significant international intrigue and drama. Most recently, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) announced that it was the victim of a cyber-attack that succeeded in stealing data related to Pfizer and BioNTech’s Covid-19 mRNA vaccine, which is being rolled out in the UK, US and Canada.