New Corona “Vaccine information aimed at cyber attack by Russia” July 17, 5:31
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The United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada have warned countries by issuing a statement saying that Russian intelligence agencies were involved in a cyber attack to steal information on vaccine research for the new coronavirus.
This statement was released by US, British and Canadian intelligence agencies on the 16th.
Among them, the US National Security Agency (NSA) says that a group called "APT29" is targeting governments, think tanks, medical institutions, etc. to carry out cyber attacks around the world in order to obtain information on the vaccine of the new coronavirus. In addition, he pointed out that there is a strong suspicion that the Russian government was involved in APT29, "it is almost certain that it is part of the Russian intelligence service."
The statement doesn't mention whether information about the vaccine was stolen, but "APT29" claims to use cyber-attacks using software called "Wellmes" and "Welmail", and these software We have released information on clothing and are calling attention to each country.
About this, a spokesman for the Presidential Office of the Russian Federation denied the involvement by saying, "The only thing I can say is that Russia is irrelevant." Dmitriev, president of the Foundation, also criticized that "some people fearing our success are trying to undermine the reputation of the Russian vaccine."
British Foreign Minister Criticizing Russia
On this, Britain's foreign minister Raab said, "It's very scary when the world is working together. We are developing vaccines for the people and the people of the world. Instead of waiting for damage, It's important to speak up, obviously wrong, violating international law and violating our responsibility as a member of the international community," he strongly criticized Russia.