Germany’s Top Drugmaker Bayer Blocks Cyber Attack, Suspects Chinese-Based Group

Germany’s Top Drugmaker Bayer Blocks Cyber Attack, Suspects Chinese-Based Group
Logo of Bayer AG is pictured at the annual results news conference of the German drugmaker in Leverkusen, Germany on Feb. 27, 2019. Wolfgang Rattay/Reuters
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FRANKFURT—German drugmaker Bayer has contained a cyber attack it believes was hatched in China, the company said, highlighting the risk of data theft and disruption faced by big business.

Bayer found the infectious software on its computer networks early last year, covertly monitored and analyzed it until the end of last month and then cleared the threat from its systems, the company said on April 4.