CSIS Significant Cyber Incidents
CSIS entry 521 · December 2020
North Korean hackers targeted U.S. pharmaceutical companies Johnson & Johnson and Novavax, both working on experimental vaccines, in an attempt to obtain information on COVID-19.
Six pharmaceutical companies including Johnson & Johnson, Novavax Inc., Genexine Inc., Shin Poong Pharmaceutical Co. and Celltrion Inc.
- Date (as written)
- 02/12/20
- Year
- 2020
- Country
- >1
- Actors (as written)
- North Korean hackers
- Actor pages
- North Korean hackersKimsuky
- Tags (as written)
- Attack: Targeted Attack; Target Class: M Professional scientific and technical activities; Attack Class: CE; Tags: Johnson & Johnson, Novavax Inc., Genexine Inc., Shin Poong Pharmaceutical Co., Celltrion Inc.
Source entries (3)
Hackmageddon cyber attacks timelines (Paolo Passeri)
Six pharmaceutical companies including Johnson & Johnson, Novavax Inc., Genexine Inc., Shin Poong Pharmaceutical Co. and Celltrion Inc. · 02/12/20
North Korean hackers have targeted at least six pharmaceutical companies in the U.S., the U.K. and South Korea working on COVID-19 treatments. [Date Occurred: -; Date Discovered: -]
MBC News (imnews.imbc.com)
백신·치료제 해킹 시도…범인은 북한 '김수키'? · 2020-12-03
attribution sentence(s): 전 세계가 코로나 백신과 치료제 개발 경쟁을 벌이는 상황에서, 북한의 해커들이 제약사들에 대한 해킹을 시도한 것으로 전해졌습니다. | 북한 해커그룹 '김수키'가 공격을 주도한 것으로 지목됐습니다. | 북한이 국내외 제약사 6곳에 해킹을 시도했다고 월스트리트저널이 보도했습니다.
Values found later for empty fields
country: United States
Companies involved in vaccine development including Johnson & Johnson and Novavax in the United States
actors: Kimsuky
Affiliations: Kimsuky ... North Korean hackers targeted at least six companies involved in the development of a COVID-19 vaccine.