Chinese state-sponsored hackers have breached the US Treasury's systems, accessing workstations and unclassified documents. This incident comes amid ongoing concerns about a widespread Chinese cyber espionage campaign known as Salt Typhoon, which has compromised the data of numerous Americans.
The US Treasury confirmed hackers had accessed several workstations and unclassified documents.Chinese state-sponsored hackers accessed workstations and documents in a 'major cybersecurity incident', the US Treasury says. The revelation comes as US officials continue to grapple with the fallout of a massive Chinese cyber espionage campaign known as Salt Typhoon .
The department said it was working with the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to investigate the scope of the hack.The US Treasury says Chinese hackers remotely accessed several of its workstations and unclassified documents after compromising a third-party software service provider. The department did not provide details on how many workstations had been accessed or what sort of documents were obtained.It said in a letter to politicians on Monday local time that 'at this time there is no evidence indicating the threat actor has continued access to Treasury information'.The Salt Typhoon hacking campaignA large number of Americans' data has been stolen in a telecoms attack allegedly carried out by a Chinese hacking group dubbed 'Salt Typhoon,' and according to one senator, the extent and depth of the hack is 'absolutely mind-boggling'. 'Treasury takes very seriously all threats against our systems, and the data it holds,' a department spokesperson said in a separate statement. 'Over the last four years, Treasury has significantly bolstered its cyber defense, and we will continue to work with both private and public sector partners to protect our financial system from threat actors.' The revelation comes as US officials continue to grapple with the fallout of a massive Chinese cyber espionage campaign known as Salt Typhoon that gave officials in Beijing access to private texts and phone conversations of an unknown number of Americans. A top White House official said on Friday that the number of telecommunications companies affected by the hack has now risen to nin
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