"There were attempts to steal COVID vaccine and treatment technology during cyber attacks and Pfizer was hacked," he said. Pfizer's offices in Asia and South Korea did not have an immediate comment. South Korea's National Intelligence Service (NIS) has said it had foiled attempts by its neighbour to hack into South Korean firms developing coronavirus vaccines. North Korea is often accused of turning to an army of hackers to fill its cash-strapped coffers amid international sanctions that ban most international trade with it. North Korea is expected to receive nearly 2 million doses of the AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 vaccine by the first half of this year through the COVAX vaccine-sharing programme.

Source: bd News24 February 16, 2021 10:30 UTC