United States authorities have confirmed that a Chinese state-sponsored hacker breached the U.S. Treasury Department.
Authorities said the hackers have accessed government
employees’ workstations and unclassified documents.
The New York Times reports that President Joe Biden’s
administration confirmed this development on Monday.
According to the report, the incident was flagged on
December 8 by BeyondTrust, a third-party software service provider.
However, the hacker had obtained a security key that enabled
remote access to certain treasury workstations and the documents stored on
them.
“Based on available indicators, the incident has been
attributed to a China state-sponsored Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) actor,”
a letter from the Treasury Department to lawmakers read.
“In accordance with Treasury policy, intrusions attributable
to an APT are considered a major cybersecurity incident.”
The U.S. Treasury Department is currently working with the
FBI, intelligence agencies, and other investigators to assess the impact of the
breach.
Meanwhile, the compromised service has since been deactivated,
and there is no evidence suggesting that the Chinese actor still has access to
treasury information.
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