The US Secretary of State's comments came after the FBI and Homeland Security raised awareness of what they called threats to coronavirus-related research from 'actors' related to China.
Washington – The United States on Thursday condemned attempts by China-linked "cyber actors and non-traditional collectors affiliated" to steal US intellectual property and data related to coronavirus research, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said.
"While the United States and our allies and partners are coordinating a collective, transparent response to save lives, the PRC continues to silence scientists, journalists and citizens, and to spread disinformation, which has exacerbated the dangers of this health crisis," he said. It said the FBI was investigating digital break-ins at US organisations by China-linked "cyber actors" that it had monitored "attempting to identify and illicitly obtain valuable intellectual property and public health data related to vaccines, treatments and testing from networks and personnel affiliated with Covid-19-related research."
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