Report: Chinese State Hackers Target Indian Coronavirus Vaccine Makershttps://www.breitbart.com/asia/2021/03/01/report-chinese-state-hackers-target-indian-coronavirus-vaccine-makers/#Internet security firm Cyfirma reported Monday that hackers linked to the Chinese government are attacking the computer systems of two major Indian pharmaceutical companies involved in producing vaccines for the Wuhan coronavirus.
Cyfirma, based in Singapore and Tokyo, told Reuters on Monday the attacks are coming from a well-known hacker group designated Advanced Persistent Threat 10 (APT10) and commonly known as “Stone Panda.â€
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The targets of the hacking campaign Cyfirma identified are Bharat Biotech and the Serum Institute of India (SII), with the apparant objective of “exfiltrating intellectual property and getting competitive advantage over Indian pharmaceutical companies.â€
Bharat Biotech manufactures Covaxin, India’s first indigenous Chinese coronavirus vaccine. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced Monday morning that he received a dose of Covaxin, demonstrating confidence in the Indian vaccine to counter criticism from some outside observers that it has not been tested adequately.
SII is the world’s largest vaccine maker and is a major producer of the coronavirus vaccine developed by British pharma giant AstraZeneca. The Indian government granted SII emergency authorization to produce the AstraZeneca vaccine on January 6.
Bharat Biotech's vaccine is a traditional dead virus vaccine. I know China skipped doing a Phase 3 type test with one of their vaccines, and instead embarked on a mass-vaccination of the entire People's Liberation Army. I wonder if this hacking signifies that the results of this effort have been less than satisfactory. Especially since Bharat Biotech is using a very mature technology.
