The FBI investigating hacking of Covid research by “PRC-affiliated cyber actors”
If you’re doing research of any significance in today’s world and don’t have an active security program looking for harmful actions by foreign intelligence your organization opens itself up for all sorts of nasty liabilities.  You don’t even have to have an electronic intrusion.  The PRC’s government also pays people off as the case of this former Cleveland Clinic researcher shows: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cleveland.com&#x2F;crime&#x2F;2020&#x2F;05&#x2F;former-cleveland-clinic-researcher-charged-with-fraud-for-failing-to-disclose-china-ties.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cleveland.com&#x2F;crime&#x2F;2020&#x2F;05&#x2F;former-cleveland-cli...</a>