Hackers target companies behind distribution of Covid jab

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BREAKING: Hackers target companies behind distribution of Covid jab

Hackers have been targeting companies vital to the distribution of new Covid-19 vaccines, an alert from the US government has revealed.

It is believed 10 companies and organisations were targeted by the sophisticated phishing emails. The European Commission’s Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union, which has helped set rules on the import of vaccines, was the only one named by IBM.In the emails, hackers impersonated a business executive from Chinese company Haier Biomedical, which IBM described as a ‘credible and legitimate member company of the Covid-19 vaccine supply chain’.

 

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