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Following a breach at one of its security vendors called BeyondTrust, the Treasury acknowledged investigating a significant cybersecurity breach. infrastructure in preparation for potential future conflicts between the U.S. If interested, registrations are open for the event on July 15 in Boston, MA.
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The Chinese government has consistently denied these allegations.
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According to CNN and sources familiar with the matter, the hackers targeted the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), which has the authority to approve or reject deals presenting national security concerns, such as mergers, takeovers, and transactions involving sensitive U.S. Reports have surfaced that Chinese hackers successfully accessed a critical office within the U.S. government departments in this operation.
The hacking group targeting the Treasury, known as Silk Typhoon (formerly referred to as “Hafnium”), is believed to have ties to the Chinese government and is known for carrying out large-scale cyber operations aimed at data theft.
This breach is part of a series of incidents that have recently been linked to the Chinese-backed group of “Typhoon” hackers. government officials and planting destructive malware in critical U.S né?. In addition, it was discovered that the same hackers breached the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the department’s office responsible for international financial sanctions.
Contrary to previous concerns, the U.S né?. It was determined that the hackers gained unauthorized access using a stolen BeyondTrust key to remotely infiltrate employee workstations and documents on the unclassified network né?. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) stated that there was no evidence of the hackers infiltrating other U.S né?
