Another incident after Typhoon Yan? The US Department of the Treasury was hacked by hackers funded by the Chinese government.

According to Bloomberg, the US Treasury Department's letter to Congress revealed that the institution was targeted by a hacker attack sponsored by the Chinese government, describing the breach as a 'major cybersecurity incident' because it was carried out by a state-sponsored actor.

Chinese government-funded hackers infiltrate the US Treasury Department

Third-party software supplier BeyondTrust Inc. notified the Ministry of Finance that a hacker had obtained "the supplier's access rights to protect cloud-based services, which are used to provide technical support for the Ministry of Finance office remotely." The hacker was able to remotely access certain Ministry of Finance workstations and "certain non-confidential files maintained by these users."

The Ministry of Finance spokesperson stated, "The damaged BeyondTrust service has been taken offline, and there is no evidence to suggest that the threat actor continues to use the Ministry of Finance's systems or information."

According to government data compiled by Bloomberg, BeyondTrust sells management access software and other network security products, signing contracts worth over 4 million US dollars with the federal government. In addition to the Department of the Treasury, BeyondTrust also does business with the Department of Defense, the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Department of Justice, and other agencies.

"Salt typhoon" has infiltrated American call information Please provide the source language text to be translated. The disclosure of this incident comes as the White House continues to investigate the alleged large-scale cyber espionage activities by Chinese state-sponsored hackers targeting US telecommunications companies. The White House stated that nine telecom companies have been affected by these attacks, which have been attributed to an organization known as 'Salt Typhoon'.

Hackers reportedly spent months lurking in the US telecommunications network, collecting unspecified amounts of Americans' phone and text message information. According to The New York Times, then-presidential candidate Trump, his campaign partner Pence, Trump's family, Vice President Harris's campaign team members, and others' phones were all targeted.

The Chinese embassy in Washington, D.C., said in an email statement that it opposes the U.S.'s groundless smearing and attacking of China. The U.S. should stop using cyber security to defame China and spreading false information about Chinese hacker threats.

And earlier, Chinese President Xi Jinping told US President Biden at the APEC meeting that there is no evidence to support the irrational claim of 'cyber attacks from China'.

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