Suspected North Korean hackers target coronavirus vaccine maker AstraZeneca

Suspected North Korean hackers attempted to break into the private computer system of pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca, one of the top three coronavirus vaccine candidate manufacturers.

Hackers posed as job recruiters on Linkedin and messaging app WhatsApp to entice AstraZeneca employees with job offers along with malware disguised as documents including job descriptions that were designed to gain access to the employees’ private data, Reuters reported.