US Department of the Treasury security incident history
Hacking, data breaches and other security incidents involving US Department of the Treasury, with related coverage.
US Treasury breached via remote support service, internal documents accessed
Impact: Unauthorised access to workstations and internal documents; Office of Foreign Assets Control and Office of Financial Research affected
The US Department of the Treasury suffered unauthorised access to workstations and internal documents through a breach of a remote support service. The attackers used an API key stolen from the BeyondTrust remote support service, and the Office of Foreign Assets Control and the Office of Financial Research were also confirmed as affected. The US linked the attack to the China-linked Silk Typhoon group and announced actions against the cyber actors involved, whilst China denied involvement.
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