China-US Climate Collaboration Ended Due to Security Concerns
China-US Climate Collaboration Ended Due to Security Concerns
Texas A&M cited potential foreign interference when explaining why it shut down a jointly run modeling laboratory.
Texas A&M cited potential foreign interference when explaining why it shut down a jointly run modeling laboratory.
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Coronavirus Vaccine Data Are Targets for Foreign Hackers
Amanda Heidt | Jul 17, 2020 | 2 min read
Intelligence officials from the US, UK, and Canada point the finger at Cozy Bear, a group with links to the Russian government.
NIH Tightens Security, Blocking Iranian Scientists from Campus
Carolyn Wilke | Apr 4, 2019 | 2 min read
Two scientists, who came to the Bethesda campus to give presentations, hold US green cards and had previously visited without incident.
Head of Global Health Security Ousted from White House
Shawna Williams | May 10, 2018 | 2 min read
The position was eliminated the same week a new Ebola outbreak was declared in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
U.S. Alleges Iranian Cyber Theft at Research Universities
Jim Daley | Mar 26, 2018 | 2 min read
The hacking involved data belonging to thousands of professors at 320 institutions worldwide.
Pharma and Biotech Firms Hacked
Kerry Grens | Dec 2, 2014 | 1 min read
Cyberspies have broken into the e-mails of a number of publicly traded companies, most of which are in health care and pharmaceuticals.
Feds Scrutinize Genomics Merger
Bob Grant | Dec 6, 2012 | 2 min read
A Chinese biotech company is angling to buy California-based Complete Genomics, but federal regulators are expressing security concerns and may scuttle the deal.