Security News > 2020 > June > Hackers Target German Firm Tasked With Procuring COVID-19 Medical Equipment
One of the several multinational corporations enlisted by the German government to help it obtain personal protective equipment for the care of COVID-19 patients has been targeted in an ongoing phishing campaign, IBM reported on Monday.
According to IBM, a threat actor has targeted more than 100 high-ranking people within this company, which is part of Germany's Task Force Personal Protective Equipment, whose members leverage their contact networks, particularly in China, to secure PPE. The attackers have targeted executives within the organization, as well as its supply chain partners, and IBM believes the same group likely also targeted other members of the task force.
The company targeted in the attack has not been named, but the task force's members include BASF, Volkswagen, Lufthansa, logistics firm Fiege, and retailer Otto.
IBM spotted the first attack against the company on March 30, the same day German officials held talks with the members of the task force.
Google warned in April that state-sponsored hackers had been exploiting the outbreak to attack healthcare and other organizations involved in the fight against the pandemic.