U.S. Treasury Department Says Systems Hacked by China-Backed Actor


The Treasury Department told lawmakers Monday that a state-sponsored actor in China hacked its systems, accessing several user workstations and certain unclassified documents.

The treasury was informed on Dec. 8 by a third-party software service provider, BeyondTrust, that a threat actor used a stolen key to remotely access certain workstations and unclassified documents, according to a letter reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.

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Source: MSN News


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