Microsoft says hackers targeting Covid-19 researchers

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Microsoft says hackers targeting Covid-19 researchers

More than half a dozen organisations targeted.

Hackers working for the Russian and North Korean governments have targeted more than half a dozen organisations involved in Covid-19 treatment and vaccine research around the globe, Microsoft said, The software company said a Russian hacking group commonly nicknamed "Fancy Bear" - ...

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