Hackers from Russia and China stole part of the documents on the BioNTech/Pfizer coronavirus vaccine from the networks of the European Medicines Agency (EMA).
The Dutch publication De Volkskrant writes about this with reference to sources.
It is reported that the cyberattacks took place in the fall of 2020.
According to the publication, Russian hackers allegedly sent emails with malicious software to a group of EMA employees. Criminals had access to the agency's internal networks for a month.
Criminals were interested in the strategy of vaccination in European countries and the drugs of which manufacturers are purchased by certain states.
In addition, they stole part of the documents regarding the companies BioNTech and Pfizer. Later, some of them appeared in the Russian-speaking segment of the Internet, but with changed data. Experts suggest that the criminals wanted to cast doubt on the effectiveness of the drug with the help of disinformation.
And hackers from China gained access to EMA's internal networks back in the spring of 2020, conducting a cyber attack on one of the German universities.
Both Russia and China deny involvement in the attacks, as indicated in the material.
