Covid vaccine-maker Dr Reddy Laboratories hit by cyber-attack
INCIDENT
Pharmaceutical company Dr Reddy's, which is developing a Covid-19 vaccine, stated it has been hit by a cyber-attack. Sites around the world have been affected, including those in the UK, Brazil, India, Russia and the US. The India-based company said it had isolated all of its data centre services to contain the attack. The attack came only days after the pharmaceutical company was gearing up for a phase 2/3 clinical trial of Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine, dubbed Sputnik V, after gaining the trial go-ahead from Indian regulators last week.
Incident Date
October 22, 2020
Estimated Cost
unknown
Victims
Type of Malware
No Malware identified
Threat Source
No threat source identified