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Chinese Hackers Target US Cancer Research: Cybersecurity Report

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Chinese Hackers Target US Cancer Research: Cybersecurity Report
A biologist holds test tubes as he works in a lab at the National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, on Feb. 7, 2018. Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images
Cathy He
Cathy He
EDITOR
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Chinese hacker groups are targeting U.S. cancer research institutes as the regime looks to solve the problem of increasing cancer deaths in the country, according to a report released on Aug. 21.

In recent years, Chinese hackers linked to the regime have attacked organizations involved in cancer research on multiple occasions, according to the report by California-based cybersecurity firm FireEye.

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Cathy He
Cathy He
EDITOR
Cathy He is the politics editor at the Washington D.C. bureau. She was previously an editor for U.S.-China and a reporter covering U.S.-China relations.
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