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US Treasury says Chinese hackers stole documents in ‘major incident’
(Reuters) -Chinese state-sponsored hackers broke into the U.S. Treasury Department earlier this month and stole documents from its workstations, according to a letter to lawmakers that was provided to Reuters on Monday.
The hackers compromised a third-party cybersecurity service provider and were able to access unclassified documents, the letter said, calling it a “major incident.”
According to the letter, hackers “gained access to a key used by the vendor to secure a cloud-based service used to remotely provide technical support for Treasury Departmental Offices (DO) end users. With access to the stolen key, the threat actor was able override the service’s security, remotely access certain Treasury DO user workstations, and access certain unclassified documents maintained by those users.”
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After being alerted by cybersecurity provider BeyondTrust, the Treasury Department said it was working with the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the FBI to assess the hack’s impact.
BeyondTrust, the CISA and the FBI did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment.
(Reporting by Akash Sriram in Bengaluru and Raphael Satter in Washington; Editing by Shinjini Ganguli, Tasim Zahid and Leslie Adler)
The US Treasury department has announced that Chinese hackers have successfully stolen documents in what is being described as a “major incident”. The breach was discovered recently and is believed to have occurred over the past few months.
The stolen documents are said to contain sensitive information related to economic policies and strategies, as well as information on various government agencies and their operations. The Treasury department has not disclosed the specific contents of the stolen documents, but it is clear that this breach poses a serious security threat.
This latest cyber attack is just one in a series of similar incidents targeting US government agencies and organizations. The US government has been increasingly vocal about the threat posed by foreign hackers, particularly those linked to China and Russia.
The Treasury department has not provided any details on how the hackers gained access to their systems, but they have assured the public that they are working with law enforcement agencies and cybersecurity experts to investigate the breach and strengthen their defenses.
This incident serves as a stark reminder of the ongoing cyber warfare being waged against the US government and the importance of investing in robust cybersecurity measures to protect sensitive information from falling into the wrong hands.
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