“State-sponsored Chinese hackers breached the US Treasury Department’s systems in early December and gained access to employees’ workplaces and some unclassified documents.”, — write: epravda.com.ua
State-sponsored Chinese hackers breached the US Treasury Department’s systems in early December and gained access to employees’ workplaces and some unclassified documents. The BBC writes about this with reference to the statement of American officials. The US Treasury Department called the attack a “serious incident”, adding that it is cooperating with the FBI and other agencies to investigate the consequences of the hack. China has denied involvement in the hack, calling the allegations “baseless” and saying it “consistently opposes all forms of hacking.”Advertisement: In a letter to lawmakers, the U.S. Treasury Department said hackers from China were able to bypass the security system using a key that used by a third-party service provider. The compromised third-party service, BeyondTrust, has been taken offline, officials said. There is no evidence that the hacker continued to gain access to Treasury Department information after that, the statement said.The officials said that the initial investigation showed that the hacking attack was carried out by “a Chinese entity based in the Advanced Persistent Threats (APT) )”.Advertisement: The ministry learned about the hack on December 8 from BeyondTrust, its representative told the BBC. According to the company, the suspicious activity was first noticed on December 2, but it took three days for the company to determine that it had been hacked. The spokesman said the hackers were able to gain remote access to several users’ workstations and some non-classified documents stored by those users. The department did not specify the nature of these files, as well as when and how long the hacking took place. They also did not specify the level of confidentiality of the computer systems and the positions of the employees whose materials were accessed. It is believed that the hackers, like spies, were looking for information, not trying to steal funds. Economic truth