Chinese state-sponsored hackers breached several US Treasury Department workstations and accessed unclassified documents. The breach occurred through a compromised third-party software service provider, BeyondTrust.
Chinese hackers remotely accessed several US Treasury Department workstations and unclassified documents, the agency has said. The state-sponsored hackers gained access to the computers and documents by compromising a third-party software service provider, according to a letter sent by the Treasury to Congress.
The Treasury Department said in a letter to politicians revealing the breach that 'at this time there is no evidence indicating the threat actor has continued access to Treasury information'.It did not provide details on how many workstations had been accessed or what sort of documents the hackers may have obtained.It said the hack was being investigated as a 'major cybersecurity incident'.'Treasury takes very seriously all threats against our systems, and the data it holds,' the department said.Read more: China accused of hacking personal details of every single member of the armed forces but Beijing dismisses ‘smear’Read more: Foreign Office interpreter embroiled in accusation of running Chinese 'propaganda' website from BritainOver the last four years, Treasury has significantly bolstered its cyber defence, and we will continue to work with both private and public sector partners to protect our financial system from threat actors.'The department said it learned of the problem on December 8 when a third-party software service provider, BeyondTrust, flagged that hackers had stolen a key used by the vendor that helped it override the system and gain remote access to several employee workstations.The compromised service has since been taken offline, and there is no evidence that the hackers still have access to department information, Aditi Hardikar, an assistant Treasury secretary, said in the letter to leaders of the Senate Banking Committee on Monday.The department said it was working with the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and that the hack had been attributed to Chinese culprits. It did not elaborat
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