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NYT revealed details – UNIAN
The U.S. Treasury Department did not specify when exactly the episode occurred but said it would reveal more details in a future report to Congress.
A state-backed actor in China hacked the US Treasury Department, gaining access to government employees' workspaces and unclassified documents. The administration of US President Joe Biden announced this on Monday, writes The New York Times.
In a letter briefing lawmakers on the episode, the Treasury Department said it received a message on Dec. 8 from a third-party company, BeyondTrust, that a hacker had obtained a security key that allowed him to remotely access certain Treasury workstations and documents on them.
“Based on current indications, the incident was related to…
