An unidentified group of malicious sorts impersonated a so-called "cold chain" company involved in COVID-19 vaccine distribution networks then targeted an EU governmental agency, according to IBM.
Infosec researchers from Big Blue's X-Force threat intelligence unit "uncovered targets across multiple industries, governments and global partners" involved in setting up the vaccine cold chain, it said in a blog post today.
"Our analysis indicates that this calculated operation started in September 2020," wrote IBM's Claire Zaboeva and Melissa Fryrych. "While firm attribution could not be established for this campaign, the precision targeting of executives and key global organizations hold the potential hallmarks of nation-state tradecraft."
The phishing campaign's operators reportedly posed as an executive from the Chinese arm of Haier Biomedical, a business IBM described as "a credible and legitimate member company of the ..
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