Data from the pharmaceutical companies, "Pfizer" and "Biontech", were targeted as part of a cyber attack on the European Medical Agency in Amsterdam, according to what the two companies announced in a joint statement early in the morning Today, Thursday, after being informed of the matter by the agency.
According to the statement, "some documents related to the regulatory launch of the candidate for COVID-19 vaccine were illegally accessed by Pfizer and Biontech (BNT162B2) stored on the European Medical Agency server."
The companies confirmed that their systems had not been attacked. They indicated that as far as they are aware, no data has been accessed on test-related subjects.
The agency informed the two companies that the attack did not affect approval procedures for the vaccine.
