Attack on US Treasury Department by Chinese hackers and cyber espionage of telecommunication networks is a serious challenge to US national security, many documents obtained

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Chinese Hacker: A cyber attack on the US Treasury Department by Chinese state-sponsored hackers has recently been revealed. According to officials, hackers have accessed several workstations and unclassified documents by breaking into the system of the Treasury Department’s third-party software provider.

This cyber attack took place on the 8th of December in early December. During this, a third-party software provider Beyond Trust informed the Treasury Department that hackers had gained remote access to several workstations by bypassing their security. During this, hackers stole one of the keys used to protect the service. The incident has been termed a major cybersecurity incident, and the FBI and other agencies are investigating the matter thoroughly.

Affected systems and documents
The Treasury Department has not yet provided information on how many workstations have been affected. What type of documents or data have been accessed. However, the department has said that so far there is no evidence that hackers have continued access to Treasury information.

Treasury response and security measures
The Treasury Department has taken this service offline. They claim that hackers no longer have control of any information of the department. Assistant Treasury Secretary Aditi Hardikar said that the Treasury takes cyber security threats to its systems very seriously. In the last four years, the department has strengthened its cyber defense system. They are working with the private and public sectors to protect their financial systems from such attacks.

Chinese cyber espionage and growing concerns
This incident has further deepened the disputes between the US and China related to cyber attacks. Recently, in a cyber attack named Salt Typhoon, Chinese spies hacked the networks of several American telecommunication companies. Under these attacks, people’s call records and private conversations were passed on to Chinese government officials. On Friday, a top White House official revealed that the number of companies affected by this cyber espionage has reached 9.