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In the United States Congress introduced a bill on sanctions for theft of research COVID

Republican minority leader in the house of representatives of the U.S. Congress Kevin McCarthy said that contributed to the Congress a bill on sanctions against hackers that try to steal research data against the novel coronavirus.

"I introduced a bill to prosecute hackers by COVID. American researchers — the most brilliant minds in the world, and we are developing a vaccine for the victory (over coronavirus) faster than ever. We can't allow China, Russia or anyone else used our innovation," McCarthy wrote on Twitter.

Republicans promise a new bill against "the Russian hackers"

Republican minority leader in the house of representatives Kevin McCarthy has promised to prepare a new draft law against the "Russian hackers".

On Thursday, the structure of cyber security of the US, UK and Canada distributed recommendations for the hacking attempts of development of a vaccine, which they blame Russian government agencies. The recommendations of the national security Agency of the USA States that "a group of Russian intelligence services acted in relation to organizations involved in vaccine development from COVID-19 in the United States, Canada and the UK, so likely to steal information and intellectual property relating to the development and testing of vaccines against COVID-19".