A government cybersecurity expert said the government has a secret list of research institutions to give prioritized protections.
The Department of Homeland Security has sent hundreds of tailored notifications of potential vulnerabilities to the medical sector since the coronavirus pandemic began, according to an official who spoke Wednesday at a webinar hosted by cybersecurity company CrowdStrike.
The list of organizations, referred to within CISA as"Tier 1" institutions, is a short collection of under 100 universities and pharmaceutical companies working to create and distribute vaccines or other coronavirus treatments and are natural targets for elite hackers. In May, CISA and the FBI issued a technical advisory warning that China was engaged in a robust campaign to hack institutions involved in coronavirus research, consistent with a longstanding campaign to steal intellectual property. Separately, researchers have identified a similar campaign from Iran, although it is unclear how successful those efforts have been.
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