China hacked several Treasury workstations as part of BeyondTrust intrusions, U.S. says
Hackers connected to China's government successfully breached several Treasury Department workstations and accessed unclassified documents, according to a letter to Congress on Monday. Why it matters: The U.
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In a letter sent Monday and shared first with Semafor, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., the top Democrat on the House select committee on China, raised concerns about the breach to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and asked for a meeting to discuss the situation by Jan. 15.
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Chinese state-sponsored hackers infiltrated the U.S. Treasury Department's systems by exploiting vulnerabilities in a third-party cybersecurity service provider, BeyondTrust. The attackers obtained a key used to secure a cloud-based service for remote technical support,
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