Chicoms breach US Treasury Department

 DC Daily Journal:

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A Chinese state-backed cyber actor breached U.S. Treasury Department systems earlier this month, gaining access to “unclassified” documents through a cloud service intrusion, officials revealed to a Senate committee.

The hackers exploited a vulnerability in a third-party security system, BeyondTrust, which detected the breach on Dec. 8 and alerted the Treasury Department.

In response, the Treasury took the compromised service offline.

“There is no evidence indicating the threat actor has continued access to Treasury systems or information,” a Treasury spokesperson told the New York Post.

“Treasury takes very seriously all threats against our systems, and the data it holds.”

The spokesperson emphasized that the Treasury has “significantly bolstered its cyber defense” over the past four years and vowed to continue collaborating with private and public partners to safeguard the nation’s financial systems from cyber threats.
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The US needs to be more vigilant in protecting US systems from assault by foreign countries.  China is a hostile power looking to exploit vulnerabilities.

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