Becker's Healthcare April 30, 2021
A 2020 cyberattack campaign on medical equipment manufacturers, pharmaceutical firms and IT companies involved with the COVID-19 vaccines’ cold chain distribution system was much larger than IBM researchers initially thought.
During an April 29 interview with CBSN’s Elaine Quiljano, CBSN technology reporter Dan Patterson described more details about the hack that he learned from IBM researchers.
In 2020, hackers began working to access information about the vaccines’ cold chain distribution system, including details on how the shots were shipped, according to the report. A total of 44 companies across 14 countries were targeted in the hack.
“So, according to the security researchers I spoke with at IBM’s X-Force, they said this is a well-calibrated, complex, and precision...
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