The threat actor got access to the reservoir’s HMI system, which was connected to the internet without any authentication or other security measures put in place to limit access to the system.
The goal of the campaign may have been to collect credentials that would give the attackers access to the information related to the COVID-19 vaccine distribution.
Since August, the hackers have tried to infiltrate the networks of the two US-based pharmaceutical companies Johnson & Johnson and Novavax, as well as three South Korean firms.
The exposed database contained confidential business-related data, including pharmaceutical sales data and full names of Apodis Pharma partners and employees.