The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation He is investigating a knowledge breach that occurred on a third-party server used through the Department of Health and law enforcement.
The FBI reportedly believes that the identities and data of COVID-19 patients in South Dakota may have been revealed. The servers that have been breached belong to an Internet progression company called Netsential.com.
The hacked database used through law enforcement to ensure the protection of first responders, such as police, firefighters and paramedics, when answering calls, allows them to take mandatory precautions. With great relief, the report states that no data was stolen about the patient’s monetary records, social security or Internet passwords.
According to the Coronavirus Resource Center at Johns Hopkins, the United States has reported more than 5.5 million cases of coronavirus and has a record 175,000 deaths. The United States is lately the epicenter of the virus because it has the maximum instances, followed by Brazil that has reported more than 3.5 million cases of coronavirus and has a balance of more than 110,000 people.
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Meanwhile, before this week, Russia surprised the world by saying it had developed a COVID-19 vaccine. Lately, the Russian “Sputnik V” vaccine is finally being tested. Countries like Iran that have suffered a great deal from the virus have said they will delay the acquisition of the Russian COVID-19 vaccine until it obtains approval from the global fitness organization.
The COVID-19 pandemic, which saw its first outbreak at a rainy market in Wuhan, China, last year, has now spread around the world. The virus, called COVID-19 through the World Health Organization, has inflamed more than 23 million people worldwide, with a global death toll of more than 800,000.
(With inputs)
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