WASHINGTON, D.C. — The US Treasury Department said Monday that a China state-sponsored actor was behind a cyber breach resulting in access to some of its workstations, according to a letter to Congress seen by Agence France-Presse.
The incident happened earlier this month, when the actor compromised a third-party cybersecurity service provider and was able to remotely access the Treasury workstations and some unclassified documents, a Treasury spokesperson added. Treasury contacted the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency after it was alerted of the situation by its provider BeyondTrust, and has been working with law enforcement partners to ascertain the impact.
'Treasury takes very seriously all threats against our systems, and the data it holds,' the Treasury spokesperson added.The official said that the department would continue working to protect the US financial system from threats.Alarm over hacks Several countries, notably the United States, have voiced alarm in recent years at what they say is Chinese-government-backed hacking activity targeting their governments, militaries and businesses.
Treasury Says Was Targeted By China State-Sponsored Cyberattack
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