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Primary focus of U.S. response to Treasury cyberattack by April 30, 2025?
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Chinese Hackers Steal Documents in Major U.S. Treasury Cyberattack
Dec 30, 2024, 08:41 PM
On December 30, 2024, the U.S. Treasury Department announced in a letter to Congress that its workstations were hacked in a major cyberattack by a Chinese state-sponsored actor. The breach was first detected on December 8 when cybersecurity firm BeyondTrust notified the Treasury that hackers had used a stolen security key to access some of its workstations and unclassified documents. The Treasury described the incident as a 'major incident' and confirmed that documents were stolen by the Chinese hackers.
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