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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Gustaf Kilander and Maroosha Muzaffar

Chinese hackers breach US Treasury in ‘major’ cyber attack

The US Treasury has been hacked by suspected Chinese actors that accessed government workstations and unclassified documents, officials said.

The department made the revelation on Monday after being notified on 8 December by third-party software provider BeyondTrust that the hackers had accessed a security key to get past safety measures, The Washington Post reported.

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