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How does what they are doing disrupt vaccine development?

• mschuster91 6y ago
  For now they've only infiltrated and stole data. But theoretically, they could also seriously disrupt IT operations virtually overnight: wipe servers, brick (expensive) lab machines, mess with door locks, cleanroom HVAC tech, corrupt sensors to render data worthless...
• kube-system 6y ago
  Vaccine researchers have had their systems infected with malware. At the minimum, they've lost time while IT has taken systems offline to research and resolve the issue. Potentially, the integrity of the data itself could be called into question. Regardless of the malware developers intentions, they have done harm just by the nature of their actions.