Chinese state-sponsored hackers gained unauthorized access to the US Treasury Department's networks, raising serious security concerns. The incident involved the compromise of a third-party software service used by the Treasury for technical support.
Treasury Department has notified lawmakers 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.
'Based on available indicators, the incident has been attributed to a Chinese state-sponsored Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) actor,' Aditi Hardikar, assistant secretary for management at the US Treasury, wrote in the letter. A Treasury spokesperson said in a statement to CNN that the compromised service has been taken offline and officials are working with law enforcement and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). 'There is no evidence indicating the threat actor has continued access to Treasury systems or information,' the Treasury spokesperson said. Treasury officials plan to hold a classified briefing about the breach next week with staffers from the House Financial Services Committee, a senior committee staffer told CNN. The exact timing of the briefing has not been scheduled yet. According to the letter to Senate Banking Committee leadership, the third-party software service provider, BeyondTrust, said hackers gained access to a key used by the vendor to secure a cloud-based service that Treasury uses for technical support. 'With access to the stolen key, the threat actor was able to override the service's security, remotely access certain Treasury user workstations, and access certain unclassified documents maintained by those users,' the Treasury letter sai
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