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U.S. blasts China for trying to steal COVID-19 vaccine research

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stressed in his comments on Thursday that  the United States of America condemned attempts by cyber actors and non-traditional collectors affiliated with China to steal the data related to coronavirus vaccine research.

Reuters WORLD
Published May 14,2020
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The United States condemned on Thursday attempts by "cyber actors and non-traditional collectors affiliated" with China to steal U.S. intellectual property and data related to coronavirus research, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement.

On Wednesday, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued a joint statement to raise awareness against what they called threats to coronavirus-related research from actors related to China.