> Throughout 2020, APT29 has targeted various organisations involved in COVID-19 vaccine development in Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom, highly likely with the intention of stealing information and intellectual property relating to the development and testing of COVID-19 vaccines.
Vaccine makers are trying to hide their work behind the veil of "intellectual property". The makers of this malware want the information. For what purpose do the 'malware' authors want the information?
1. To make a vaccine that works. Making a vaccine is an objective good.
2. To discover flaws with the vaccine that the company developing the vaccine would rather keep secret. Alerting the public to dangerous vaccines is an objective good.
I believe the real story here is that governments allow vaccine development companies to hide their work behind a shield of intellectual property, while the world needs a vaccine as quickly as possible.
Vaccine makers are trying to hide their work behind the veil of "intellectual property". The makers of this malware want the information. For what purpose do the 'malware' authors want the information?
1. To make a vaccine that works. Making a vaccine is an objective good.
2. To discover flaws with the vaccine that the company developing the vaccine would rather keep secret. Alerting the public to dangerous vaccines is an objective good.
I believe the real story here is that governments allow vaccine development companies to hide their work behind a shield of intellectual property, while the world needs a vaccine as quickly as possible.