[BreachExchange] Dr Reddy's: Covid vaccine-maker suffers cyber-attack

[Destry Winant]

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-54642870

Pharmaceutical company Dr Reddy's, which is developing a Covid-19
vaccine, says it has been hit by a cyber-attack.

Sites around the world have been affected, including those in the UK,
Brazil, India, Russia and the US.

The India-based company said it had isolated all of its data centre
services to contain the attack.

Last week, Dr Reddy's was given permission to begin its final stage
trials of Russia's Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine.

The company refused to comment on whether or not its manufacturing
facilities had been affected.

The phone lines for the company's UK sites in Cambridgeshire and
Yorkshire appear to be down, but the company has not said if this is
related.

Chief information officer Mukesh Rathi said: "In the wake of a
detected cyber-attack, we have isolated all data centre services to
take required preventive actions.

"We are anticipating all services to be up within 24 hours and we do
not foresee any major impact on our operations due to this incident."

In India, local media have reported that production at some of Dr
Reddy's facilities has been disrupted.

Dr Reddy's was established in 1986 and is headquartered in Hyderabad.
It now develops and manufactures more than 200 products covering
gastroenterology, oncology, pain management and cardiovascular
conditions.

In the UK, Dr Reddy's is a supplier of medicines for the NHS, with a
headquarters in Beverley, Yorkshire.

Last week it was announced that the company and Russia's sovereign
wealth fund had received approval from the Drugs Controller General of
India (DCGI) to conduct a human clinical trial of the Sputnik V
Covid-19 vaccine in India.