The New York Times has reported that a state-sponsored actor in China has hacked the U.S. Department of Treasury. In a letter, the Treasury Department stated that it was notified on December 8 that a Chinese hacker obtained a security key that allowed the hackers to access the Treasury’s workstations. The Treasury stated, “Based on available indicators, the incident has been attributed to a China state-sponsored Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) actor.” “In accordance with Treasury policy, intrusions attributable to an APT are considered a major cybersecurity incident,” added the Treasury. TREASURY HACKED: CHINA’S APT HACKERS STRIKE AGAIN The U.S. Treasury has admitted the China state-sponsored Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) hacker group breached its systems this month. How? By compromising BeyondTrust, a third-party cybersecurity provider. The hackers used… pic.twitter.com/HfmiihKP0e — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) December 30, 2024   Per The New York Times: A state-sponsored actor in China hacked the U.S. Treasury Department, gaining access to the workstations of government employees and unclassified documents, the Biden administration said on Monday. The announcement comes after revelations in recent months that China had penetrated deep into U.S. telecommunications systems, gaining access to the phone conversations and text messages of U.S. officials and others. In a letter informing lawmakers of the episode, the Treasury Department said that it had been notified on Dec. 8 by a third-party software service company, BeyondTrust, that the hacker had obtained a security key that allowed it to remotely gain access to certain Treasury workstations and documents on them. “Based on available indicators, the incident has been attributed to a China state-sponsored Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) actor,” the letter said. “In accordance with Treasury policy, intrusions attributable to an APT are considered a major cybersecurity incident.” Of course, China hacked the U.S. Department of Treasury in a “major incident” 21 days until DJT is back running America & back in the White House Until then, buckle up buttercups. We have no President & our enemies will do anything they can to derail the inauguration of DJT &… pic.twitter.com/A1qXoU6Y07 — Kylie Jane Kremer (@KylieJaneKremer) December 30, 2024 Per Reuters: Chinese state-sponsored hackers broke into the U.S. Treasury Department earlier this month and stole documents from its workstations, according to a letter to lawmakers, opens new tab that was provided to Reuters on Monday. The hackers compromised a third-party cybersecurity service provider and were able to access unclassified documents, the letter said, calling it a “major incident.” According to the letter, hackers “gained access to a key used by the vendor to secure a cloud-based service used to remotely provide technical support for Treasury Departmental Offices (DO) end users. With access to the stolen key, the threat actor was able to override the service’s security, remotely access certain Treasury DO user workstations, and access certain unclassified documents maintained by those users.”