Targeting of Western entities involved in COVID-19 vaccine development
Date of report
  • Jul 2020
Affiliations
  • Guangdong State Security Department (GSSD) of China’s Ministry of State Security (MSS)

Hackers conducted a combination of financially motivated and espionage-driven hacking operations against hundreds of companies, organizations, and research firms based in the United States and other countries, stealing terabytes of information.

Suspected victims
  • Private Companies, Governments, Nongovernmental Organizations, Individual Dissidents, Clergy, Democratic and Human Rights Activists
Suspected state sponsor
  • China
Type of incident
  • Espionage
Target category
  • Civil society
  • Government
  • Private sector
Policy response