The US Treasury Department says it was hacked as part of a cyberattack linked to China
Documents and workplaces in the US Treasury Department were accessed in a cyber attack. The New York Times Reports. The attack was linked to a “China state-sponsored advanced persistent threat actor” and was described as a “major cybersecurity incident.”
According to a letter The Treasury Department told lawmakers (via TechCrunch), U.S. officials were alerted to the problem on December 8 when BeyondTrust, a third-party software company, said a security key was used to provide technical support for access to workstations and unclassified documents.
The Treasury Department said it worked with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the FBI to understand the full extent of the breach, but did not disclose how long files and workstations were accessible or what was actually accessed. Engadget has contacted the US Treasury Department and will update this article when we know more.
The cyberattack is similarly worrying, but separate Violation of US telecommunications providers that came to light in October 2024. This cyberattack was carried out by a Chinese hacker group called Salt Typhoon. Attackers gained access to unencrypted SMS messages and call logs from politicians, government officials and others Months before the violation was discovered.
