US and UK Warn Hackers Targeting Orgs. Involved In COVID-19 Responses

Malicious actors use “Password Spraying” to breach sensitive medical and health data

A student from an engineering school attends a hacking challenge near Paris on March 16, 2013. Thomas Samson/AFP/Getty Images

A U.S. and UK joint alert on May 5 warns hackers “are actively targeting organizations involved in both national and international COVID-19 responses.”

The UK’s National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) exposed hacking campaigns (pdf) targeting organizations involved in the response to the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus outbreak, commonly known as the novel coronavirus.