In early December 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury experienced a cybersecurity breach. Though China denies involvement, the breach is attributed to a Chinese state-sponsored Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) actor.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen met virtually on Monday with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng and raised concerns about "malicious cyber activity" carried out by Chinese state-sponsored actors, the Treasury Department said in a statement.

China slammed the U.S. Treasury's sanctions against cybersecurity firm Integrity Technology Group for its alleged role in hacking incidents.

The episode comes at a particularly sensitive moment, just as the Biden White House is dealing with one of the most far-reaching, and damaging, hacks into American infrastructure in the cyberage.

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told China’s Vice Premier He Lifeng of her “serious concern” regarding “malicious cyber activity” a week after the US said Chinese state-sponsored hackers had breached the Treasury Department’s computer networks.

Threat actors entered Treasury Department systems through BeyondTrust. The breach may be related to the Salt Typhoon attacks.

A Chinese state-sponsored hacker broke into the US Treasury Department's systems and accessed some unclassified documents.

The US Treasury Department notified lawmakers on Monday that a China state-sponsored actor infiltrated Treasury workstations in what officials are describing as a “major<a class="excerpt-read-more" hr