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International Business Times
International Business Times
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Beiyi SEOW

US Treasury Says Was Targeted By China State-sponsored Cyberattack

The US Treasury department said that some of its workstations had been hacked after a third-party cybersecurity service provider was compromised (Credit: AFP)

The US Treasury Department said Monday that a China state-sponsored actor was behind a cyber breach resulting in access to some of its workstations, according to a letter to Congress seen by AFP.

The incident happened earlier this month, when the actor compromised a third-party cybersecurity service provider and was able to remotely access the Treasury workstations and some unclassified documents, a Treasury spokesperson added.

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