(Adds details from Telegraph report)
Feb 25 (Reuters) - An Oxford University biology laboratory
researching COVID-19 has been hacked by a cyber gang amid fears
they are trying to sell secrets to the highest bidder, The
Telegraph reported on Thursday.
The hack occurred at the Division of Structural Biology,
known as Strubi, which has been carrying out research into
COVID-19, according https://bit.ly/2NYG4Ag to the newspaper.
Oxford University did not immediately respond to a request
for comment, but confirmed to the newspaper that Strubi had been
subject to a hack.
"We have identified and contained the problem and are now
investigating further," the newspaper quoted an Oxford spokesman
as saying.
The newspaper quoted security sources as saying it was
unclear who was behind the attack and that they could not rule
out a hostile foreign state at this stage.
(Reporting by Bhargav Acharya in Bengaluru; Editing by Leslie
Adler and Catherine Evans)