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The US Treasury has been hacked by China-backed actors in what the agency called a "major cybersecurity incident." Hackers accessed "certain unclassified documents" through Treasury workstations, wrote a Treasury official. China-backed hackers have accessed some US Treasury Department computers, the agency told Congress in a letter on Monday. Aditi Hardikar, the Treasury's assistant secretary for management, wrote in the agency's letter that the hackers accessed "certain unclassified documents" through Treasury workstations. A BeyondTrust spokesperson told BI that a "limited number of customers" were involved in the security incident.
Persons: BeyondTrust, Aditi Hardikar, Anne Neuberger Organizations: US Treasury, Treasury, Microsoft, Treasury Department, Washington DC, Bloomberg, White House Locations: China, Washington, Georgia
The U.S. Treasury department said a state-sponsored Chinese hacking operation was able to use third-party software to access the desktop computers of Treasury employees in what the department is calling "a major incident." In a letter seen by NBC News, Aditi Hardikar, assistant secretary for management of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, wrote that the office was notified on Dec. 8 of the breach. With this access, the "threat actor" was able to override certain security measures and access the department office user workstations. The information accessed by the "threat actor" was unclassified documents. Fellow agencies helped the U.S. Treasury deduce that the breach came from a Chinese hackers, according to the letter.
Persons: Aditi Hardikar, Sen, Sherrod Brown, Tim Scott, Hardikar Organizations: U.S . Treasury, Treasury, NBC News, U.S . Department of, Banking, Housing, Urban Affairs, Treasury Departmental, Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Security Agency, Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI Locations: Ohio, U.S
China-backed hackers breached US Treasury workstations
  + stars: | 2024-12-30 | by ( Matt Egan | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +2 min
CNN —The US Treasury Department notified lawmakers on Monday that a China state-sponsored actor infiltrated Treasury workstations in what officials are describing as a “major incident.”In a letter reviewed by CNN, a Treasury official said it was informed by a third-party software service provider on December 8 that a threat actor used a stolen key to remotely access certain Treasury workstations and unclassified documents. “There is no evidence indicating the threat actor has continued access to Treasury systems or information,” the Treasury spokesperson said. “With access to the stolen key, the threat actor was able to override the service’s security, remotely access certain Treasury [Departmental Office] user workstations, and access certain unclassified documents maintained by those users,” the Treasury letter said. However, the Treasury spokesperson said in the statement that “several” Treasury user workstations were accessed. Hardikar said in the letter that based on Treasury policy, intrusions attributed to advanced persistent threat actors are considered a “major cybersecurity incident.” Treasury officials are required to provide an update in a 30-day supplemental report.
Persons: ” Aditi Hardikar, BeyondTrust, It’s, Hardikar, “ CISA Organizations: CNN, US Treasury Department, Treasury, US Treasury, Infrastructure Security Agency, Banking, Departmental, ” Treasury, CISA, FBI Locations: China
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