The Wall Street Journal

US Treasury Dept says China backed systems hack

US Treasury Dept says China backed systems hack
The US has long accused China of hacking. (Image: WikiCommons)
The Wall Street Journal
By Connor Hart and Dustin VolzThe Treasury Department told lawmakers on Monday that a state-sponsored actor in China hacked its systems, accessing several user workstations and certain unclassified documents.The Treasury was informed on Dec 8 by a third-party software service provider, BeyondTrust, that a threat actor used a stolen key to remotely access certain workstations and unclassified documents, according to a letter reviewed by the Wall Street Journal.Once alerted, the department said it immediately contacted the Cybersecurity and Infra...

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