Who Got Hacked This Week? April 20 Edition

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COVID-19 Research Centers Hacked Into

While most of the COVID-19 threat warnings emerging from the Federal Bureau of Investigations have been regarding scams and fraud, now something a lot more sinister and disturbing has emerged. It has been reported that the FBI has seen evidence of foreign state-sponsored hackers breaking into U.S. COVID-19 research institutions.

According to a Reuters report, FBI deputy assistant director, Tonya Ugoretz, has confirmed the Bureau has “seen reconnaissance activity, and some intrusions,” into companies and institutions actively researching COVD-19 treatments.

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