From National Review.com (May 13):
The Trump administration has collected evidence that Chinese and Iranian hackers are targeting American healthcare firms and universities, hindering coronavirus vaccine research in the process, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.
The hackers have the capability to “irreversibly harm” American healthcare facilities, according to U.S. officials. Cyber attacks by Chinese and Iranian hackers have already damaged coronavirus vaccine research, although officials are still trying to assess whether the damage was intentional or collateral.
“It is difficult, and sometimes impossible, to know what motivates such malfeasance, but any such activity carries with it the risk of triggering accidental, disruptive effects,” a senior administration official told the Journal.
Some within the Trump administration may come to view such cyber attacks as acts of war, a major change in the perception of cyber attacks. [read more]
Russia is not involved? Interesting. I know Chinese gov’t has agencies that specialize in hacking foreign nations. I guess Russia isn’t invested in hacking as China is.
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