Chinese government hackers reportedly targeted the US Treasury’s highly sensitive sanctions office during a cyber attack in December.
According to The Washington Post, state-sponsored hackers targeted the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), a government department that imposes economic and trade sanctions against countries and individuals, to potentially access information on Chinese organizations that the US government could obtain. into consideration. designation for financial sanctions.
According to the report, the China-backed hacker group that compromised the US Treasury in December to access employee workstations and unclassified documents also breached the Treasury Department’s Office of Financial Research and the Office of the Secretary of the Treasury. Treasury.
The cyberattack, described as a “major cybersecurity incident” by Treasury, was discovered Dec. 8 when BeyondTrust, a third-party software provider of identity management tools, notified the agency of a cybersecurity incident.
The US Treasury did not immediately respond to questions from TechCrunch.
