Who is behind the Russian cyberattacks on coronavirus vaccine research?

A cybersecurity and defence expert on the history and development of Russian cyberwarfare

Vladimir Putin
A cybersecurity and defence expert on the history and development of Russian cyberwarfare
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Dorothy Denning, emeritus distinguished professor of Defense Analysis at the Naval Postgraduate School, California, on the history and individuals behind Russia’s cyberwarfare.

A Russian cyberespionage group that hacked into election networks before the 2016 US presidential election is now attempting to steal coronavirus vaccine information from researchers in the US, U.K. and Canada.

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