Chinese state-sponsored hackers infiltrated computers belonging to U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and her deputies, accessing unclassified files as part of a broader breach. The hackers reportedly targeted the Treasury’s role in sanctions, intelligence, and international affairs without compromising classified systems. Investigators attributed the breach to the Chinese state-linked Silk Typhoon, which accessed over 3,000 files and law enforcement-sensitive data. Treasury was alerted on December 8th by software contractor BeyondTrust Corp., prompting a response involving the FBI and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. China denies allegations of state-sponsored hacking.
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00:00It's Benzinga, bringing Wall Street to Main Street.
00:02Chinese state-sponsored hackers infiltrated computers belonging to U.S. Treasury Secretary
00:07Janet Yellen and her deputies, accessing unclassified files as part of a broader
00:11breach. The hackers reportedly targeted Treasury's role in sanctions, intelligence,
00:16and international affairs without compromising classified systems.
00:20Investigators attributed the breach to Chinese state-linked Silk Typhoon,
00:23which accessed over 3,000 files and law enforcement-sensitive data.
00:28Treasury was alerted on December 8 by software contractor Beyond Trust Corporation,
00:32prompting a response involving the FBI and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
00:38China denies allegations of state-sponsored hacking.