Cybersecurity
US Treasury Is Latest Victim of Most ‘Persistent’ Hacking Threat
- US blames China for breaches of Treasury, telecoms, emails
- Beijing has repeatedly denied involvement in cyberattacks
The US Treasury building in Washington, DC.
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A growing roster of political figures, US government agencies and companies that provide critical services have one thing in common: They have allegedly been hacked by China.
The latest victim is the US Treasury Department, which disclosed on Monday that Chinese state-sponsored hackers had breached its network via a third-party provider, accessing some unclassified documents.