Chinese hack of US Treasury breached sanctions office, Washington Post says

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Hackers compromise the Office of Foreign Assets Control, the Office of Financial Research, and target the office of US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, the Washington Post reports

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Citing unnamed US officials, the Washington Post said hackers compromised the Office of Foreign Assets Control and the Office of Financial Research and also targeted the office of US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. Asked about the paper’s report, Liu Pengyu, spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy in Washington, said the “irrational” US claim was “without any factual basis” and represented “smear attacks” against Beijing.

The Treasury letter earlier this week said hackers compromised third-party cybersecurity service provider BeyondTrust.

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