Treasury’s sanctions office hacked by Chinese government, officials say
A troubling series of breaches of U.S. firms and agencies could intensify friction between Washington and Beijing as Donald Trump takes office
House Republicans denounce ‘sloppy’ Chinese hack of Treasury
Several House Republicans reacted to the news, blasting the Chinese Communist Party for the hack and vowing a no-tolerance policy from the Trump administration.
GOP lawmakers request Yellen briefing on Chinese hackers’ Treasury breach
Republican lawmakers are swiftly urging the Treasury Department to provide answers on a recent cybersecurity attack from China that infiltrated various workstations, as outlined in
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.
Chinese hack of US Treasury breached sanctions office, Washington Post says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Chinese government hackers breached the U.S. Treasury office that administers economic sanctions, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday, identifying targets of a cyberattack Treasury disclosed earlier this week.
China-Linked Cyber Threat Group Hacks US Treasury Department
Threat actors entered Treasury Department systems through BeyondTrust. The breach may be related to the Salt Typhoon attacks.
Chinese government hackers reportedly targeted US Treasury’s sanctions office during December cyberattack
Chinese government hackers targeted the U.S. Treasury’s highly sensitive sanctions office during a December cyberattack, according to reports. According to The Washington Post, the state-sponsored hackers targeted the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC),
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US Treasury Department Admits It Got Hacked by China
Treasury says hackers accessed “certain unclassified documents” in a “major” breach, but experts believe the attack’s impacts ...
Top Republican demands 'costs' for China after it hacked Treasury Dept in year marked by CCP espionage
China was behind a 'major' hack of the Treasury Department, the Biden administration said Monday, gaining access to ...
US Treasury says China accessed government documents in ‘major’ cyberattack
Liu Pengyu, a spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy in Washington, D.C., denied the U.S. government’s attribution of the ...
US Treasury Says Was Targeted By China State-sponsored Cyberattack
The US Treasury Department said Monday that a China state-sponsored actor was behind a cyber breach resulting in access to ...
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Chinese-sponsored hackers accessed Treasury documents in ‘major incident’
The incident comes in the final days of the Biden presidency and as officials work to root out China-tied hackers from U.S.
Allegations of hack on US Treasury ‘unfounded’, appear to be politically motivated: expert
In light of recent unfounded allegations made by the US claiming Chinese hacking of its Treasury Department office or ...
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Johns Creek company at center of U.S. Treasury hacking probe
The Treasury learned of the breach on Dec. 8, when BeyondTrust, a Johns Creek-based software service provider, reported that ...