WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Cyber attacks have been waged against COVID-19 vaccine distribution infrastructure, including a cold-chain storage company, U.S. Senator Gary Peters said on Thursday.
“IBM recently released a very disturbing report detailing cyber attacks on COVID-19 vaccine distribution infrastructure,” Peters told a congressional hearing. “Just last month a cold-chain storage company also reported that they were the target of a cyber attack.”
Peters made his remarks during a U.S. Senate Commerce Committee hearing on shipping procedures and capabilities for the vaccines, which are expected to start moving throughout the United States in coming weeks and months.
Richard Smith, a vice president of FedEx Express, said his company has been “hardening” its network to protect shipments from cyber attack but did not say whether his company had experienced any problems.
(Reporting by Richard Cowan; Editing by Dan Grebler)
