Supercomputers in Europe being used to research Covid-19 were hacked this week, according to several laboratories. Some of the computers remain offline following the attack.<\/p>\n
Supercomputers in Switzerland, Germany, and the UK were affected. It\u2019s not clear if the attacks were linked or who was behind them.<\/p>\n
Supercomputers can assist in researching Covid-19 and other maladies by running simulations to study the disease\u2019s effect on cells and to gain further insight on potential treatments.<\/p>\n
Several affected labs said that only the login portal to the supercomputers were affected, not the machinery that runs the computations. That could mean that an attacker was seeking to breach the system in order to steal research or to disrupt the progress of researchers, according to an employee of one of the supercomputing sites, who requested anonymity because they weren\u2019t authorized to speak publicly.<\/p>\n
Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n Supercomputers in UK, Switzerland & Germany hacked this week; some were being used for Covid research. Perpetrator not known & unclear if incidents related. https:\/\/t.co\/GlfmMePY2O<\/a> by @WilliamTurton<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Ryan Gallagher (@rj_gallagher) May 16, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n