The servers of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) were targeted in a cyberattack.
The hackers gained unauthorized access to documentation about the vaccine candidate from Pfizer and BioNTech.
The attack was aimed to slow down the EMA’s review of the vaccine for distribution amid the worsening Covid situation.
Source: https://threatpost.com/pfizer-covid-19-vaccine-cyberattack/162170/
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/european-medicines-agency
"id": "eur131817222",
"linkid": "european-medicines-agency",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "12/2020",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "7",
"explanation": "Attack that could injure or kill people"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Healthcare',
'location': 'Europe',
'name': 'European Medicines Agency (EMA)',
'type': 'Government Agency'}],
'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
'data_breach': {'type_of_data_compromised': ['Documentation about the vaccine '
'candidate']},
'description': 'The servers of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) were '
'targeted in a cyberattack. The hackers gained unauthorized '
'access to documentation about the vaccine candidate from '
'Pfizer and BioNTech. The attack was aimed to slow down the '
'EMA’s review of the vaccine for distribution amid the '
'worsening Covid situation.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Documentation about the vaccine candidate '
'from Pfizer and BioNTech'],
'systems_affected': ['Servers of the European Medicines Agency '
'(EMA)']},
'motivation': 'To slow down the EMA’s review of the vaccine for distribution',
'title': 'Cyberattack on European Medicines Agency (EMA)',
'type': 'Data Breach'}