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posted by martyb on Friday January 15 2021, @06:31AM   Printer-friendly

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) today revealed that some of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine data stolen from its servers in December was leaked online.

EMA is a decentralized agency responsible for reviewing and approving COVID-19 vaccines, as well as for evaluating, monitoring, and supervising any new medicines introduced to the EU.

"The ongoing investigation of the cyberattack on EMA revealed that some of the unlawfully accessed documents related to COVID-19 medicines and vaccines belonging to third parties have been leaked on the internet," EMA said today. "Necessary action is being taken by the law enforcement authorities."

"The Agency continues to fully support the criminal investigation into the data breach and to notify any additional entities and individuals whose documents and personal data may have been subject to unauthorized access."

EMA also said that European medicines regulatory network is fully functional and COVID-19 evaluation and approval timelines are not affected by the incident.

On December 31st, BleepingComputer became aware of threat actors leaking what they claimed was the stolen EMA data on several hacker forums. Below is a screenshot of one of the leaks seen by BleepingComputer at the time.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-leak-stolen-pfizer-covid-19-vaccine-data-online/

The hacked files show that the clinical vaccines had 78% RNA integrity which dropped to only 55% in the commercial batches:
https://m.imgur.com/tQrnUWM


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 16 2021, @03:11PM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 16 2021, @03:11PM (#1101157)

    Aren't you afraid your loose use of the word stolen will lead to misunderstandings? Anyway if you take the headline and remove the word stolen the headline would become more accurate as hacker (let's discuss that word another day) already implies that it is an outsider who have obtained a copy of it and then leaked (published) it, clarifying that it's not a whistleblower. The word stolen can only have one purpose in that headline, it's an emotional click-bait word.

    Hackers Leak Stolen Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Data Online
    Hackers Leak Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Data Online

    I know, I know no one cares about the details, especially if you're not invested in a about intellectual property in the digital domain... and yes it's common to say "stole my idea" and such things, even though it's still non-sense.

  • (Score: 2) by fakefuck39 on Saturday January 16 2021, @05:36PM (2 children)

    by fakefuck39 (6620) on Saturday January 16 2021, @05:36PM (#1101197)

    >loose use of the word stolen

    or, you know, a common primary use of the word stolen. as in stealing trade secrets, ideas, and information. aren't you afraid that you redefining the word "steal" as "original copy must also be destroyed" will only make you unable to communicate with people in society, since when you yourself change the definition of a word, no one else cares to use your new definition? aren't you afraid the only reason you do this, is to be annoying to people?

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 16 2021, @11:36PM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 16 2021, @11:36PM (#1101295)

      So you are arguing that a word that have a very broad meaning and can be used to both mean physically removing something and replicating something without permission, is the most exact form of communicating the facts? I'm just looking to confirm that, I have no further comments. Check mate.

      • (Score: 2) by fakefuck39 on Sunday January 17 2021, @12:58AM

        by fakefuck39 (6620) on Sunday January 17 2021, @12:58AM (#1101330)

        actually, my argument is that your a loser social outcast with nothing interesting to contribute, but still want to insert yourself into conversations where you have nothing to say, so you start arguing that a common usage of a word in everyday speech is wrong. because that draws people like me to laugh at the ugly dork, and that's at least someone talking to you. i didn't bother reading your comment past the first 5 words, but i'm gonna assume it was something about how women are trash because they don't go after guys who are "nice" to them. it's just funnier for me that way, and let's face it, every word you've written had no other purpose than providing me with entertainment by laughing at the loser.