Thursday, 5 March, 2026
N Korean hackers targeted COVID vaccine maker AstraZeneca : Reports
By Basit Ansari
<p>Suspected N Korean hackers have recently tried to break into the systems of one of the top three COVID-19 vaccine developers AstraZeneca. The hackers posed as recruiters on LinkedIn approached a “broad set of people” at the British drugmaker including staff working on COVID-19 research with fake job offers and then sent job descriptions documents laced with malicious codes to gain access to a victim’s system. Attempts, however, have not been successful.</p>
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