Chinese hackers breached Treasury Department, agency says
Chinese state-sponsored actors hacked into the Treasury Department in early December, accessing unclassified documents from its workstations, the agency said in a letter to lawmakers Monday.
Chinese Hackers Accessed US Treasury Workstations in ‘Major’ Cybersecurity Incident
Chinese hackers remotely accessed US Treasury Department workstations and unclassified documents in a major cyber incident.
Treasury breached by Chinese hackers in ‘major’ cybersecurity incident
The Treasury Department was breached by a Chinese state-sponsored hacker in a “major” cybersecurity incident earlier this year, the department told lawmakers Monday.
Treasury says Chinese hackers remotely accessed workstations, documents in ‘major’ cyber incident
The revelation comes as US officials are continuing to grapple with the fallout of a massive Chinese cyberespionage campaign that gave officials in Beijing access to private texts and phone conversations of an unknown number of Americans.
China’s Hack of U.S. Treasury Breached Sanctions Office
The cyberattack reported earlier this week reached into the Office of Foreign Assets Control and the Office of Financial Research, sections of the agency that oversee economic penalties against other nations and their citizens.
China-linked attack on US Treasury Department reportedly targeted its sanctions office
The US Treasury Department told lawmakers in a letter back in December that its documents and workstations were accessed by an external party in a security breach. It described the attack as "a major cybersecurity incident" and attributed it to a "China state-sponsored Advanced Persistent Threat actor.
US sanctions Chinese cybersecurity firm for alleged role in Beijing-sponsored hacks
The US has imposed sanctions on a Beijing-based cybersecurity company for its alleged role in Chinese government-sponsored hacks against critical US infrastructure. Integrity Technology Group, known as Integrity Tech,
GOP lawmakers demand answers after Chinese hackers breach US Treasury: 'Unacceptable'
Ark., on Tuesday sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen demanding answers after Chinese hackers breached the U.S. Treasury Department. China-backed hackers in December accessed workstations and unclassified documents through a compromised third-party software provider,
Chinese cyber-spies reportedly targeted sanctions intel in US Treasury raid
OFAC, Office of the Treasury Secretary feared hit in data-snarfing swoop Chinese spies who compromised the US Treasury Department's workstations reportedly stole data belonging to a government office responsible for sanctions against organizations and individuals.
Hack on US Treasury blamed on China causes fear in cybersecurity community
After unclassified documents from the US Treasury Department were accessed in a hack blamed on China, many in the cybersecurity community are wondering how such breaches might intensify in the weeks and months ahead.
Significant U.S. Treasury cybersecurity breach is the latest in string of China hack attacks claims U.S. officials
The attacks appear to have targeted influential individuals, aiming to gather information that could serve the interests of the Chinese government.
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