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Associated with Russian hackers tried to steal in Britain, USA and Canada information about vaccine development from COVID-19, according to the Center for cybersecurity the United Kingdom.

"national center of kiberbezopasnosti the UK and Managing security communications Canada regard APT29 (also known as Dukes and Cozy Bear) as engaged in cyber espionage group that almost certainly is part of the Russian razvedrota. Agency U.S. national security in accordance with this assessment… for 2020 APT29 attacked various organizations involved in the development of a vaccine against COVID-19 in Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom", – said in a statement.

Hacker group used malware WellMess and WellMail to attack organizations across the globe.

Relevant data on the situation of COVID-19 in Russia and the world presented on the portal stopmanager.of the Russian Federation.