North Korea tried to steal Pfizer coronavirus vaccine technology

North Korea tried to hack into U.S. drugmaker Pfizer's servers to steal coronavirus vaccine technology, South Korean intelligence officials reported Tuesday, despite leader Kim Jong Un's professed view that his isolated dictatorship is untouched by the pandemic, Report says, citing TASS.

Lawmakers were informed of South Korea's National Intelligence Service's findings at a regular closed-door hearing of the National Assembly's intelligence committee.

"The cyberattacks included an attempt to steal Covid-19 vaccine and treatment technology, to which Pfizer was subject," Ha Tae-Keung, an opposition lawmaker and member of the committee, told reporters. He added that South Korea had detected a 32 percent year-on-year jump in the number of cyberattack attempts from North Korea.

It was not clear when the Pfizer hack occurred or if it was successful. A Pfizer representative said she was not immediately able to comment.