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Hackers backed by the Russian state are trying to steal COVID-19 vaccine and treatment research from academic and pharmaceutical institutions around the world, Britain's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) said on Thursday (Jul 16). A co-ordinated statement from Britain, the United States and Canada attributed the attacks to group APT29, also known as 'Cozy Bear', which they said was almost certainly operating as part of Russian intelligence services. British foreign minister Dominic Raab said it was "completely unacceptable" for Russian intelligence services to target work on the pandemic. The NCSC said the group's attacks were continuing and used a variety of tools and techniques, including spear-phishing and custom malware. Russian news agency RIA cited spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying the Kremlin rejected London's allegations, which he said were not backed by proper evidence//Reuters