Hackers tried to sabotage Israeli anti-coronavirus efforts — report

25 May 2020, 9:37 pm

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Channel 12 news reports that among the cyber attacks on Israeli websites last week was an attempt to break into the computer system of institutes working to find a cure for the coronavirus.

According to the report, which does not cite a source, hackers attempted to break in, not to steal information, but to sabotage the research being done. It says the attempts were unsuccessful.

The report does not say what institutes were hacked. Israel’s military bio-defense institute is thought to be leading efforts for a vaccine, and has announced a possible breakthrough. A number of other Israeli bodies, both private and government-run are also doing research into how the disease develops and spreads in the hopes of stemming it.