A Bug in the Lab
How hackers stole data from my biotech startup by infiltrating a global R&D contractor
3 min readMay 1, 2019
I was on an island in Vietnam when I got the alert from the CEO of Charles River Labs, the world’s top R&D contractor: “highly sophisticated and well-resourced intruders” had stolen data from 1% of its clients — including my biotech startup, Nivien Therapeutics.
