Treasury levels sanctions tied to a massive hack of telecom companies and breach of its own network
The Treasury Department on Friday announced sanctions in connection with a massive Chinese hack of American telecommunications companies and a breach of its own computer network.
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China-Linked Cyber Threat Group Hacks US Treasury Department
Threat actors entered Treasury Department systems through BeyondTrust. The breach may be related to the Salt Typhoon attacks reported throughout the year. A Chinese-state-sponsored cyberattack ...
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Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures: December 2024 Roundup
CVE-2024-3393 is a vulnerability in the DNS Security feature of Palo Alto Networks’ PAN-OS software. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to cause denial-of-service (DoS) conditions on ...
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Metro Atlanta tech firm caught in middle of Treasury Department cybersecurity breach
BeyondTrust, a Johns Creek-based software vendor, notified Treasury on Dec. 8 that a threat actor had obtained access to a digital key BeyondTrust uses to provide remote tech support for the ...
theregister25d
US Treasury Department outs the blast radius of BeyondTrust's key leak
On December 8, the Treasury was notified by BeyondTrust that a key used for remote technical support had been pilfered, meaning that a threat actor could access some Departmental Office workstations ...
TechSpot25d
Major cybersecurity breach hits US Treasury, linked to Chinese hackers
The hack, described as a "major incident" by Treasury officials, involved the compromise of a third-party cybersecurity service provider, BeyondTrust, and resulted in the theft of unclassified ...
BBC25d
US Treasury says it was hacked by China in 'major incident'
The application offers remote technical support to its employees. The compromised third-party service - called BeyondTrust - has since been taken offline, officials said. There was no evidence to ...
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US Blames China for Treasury Breach Amid Telecom Hacking Spree
The software provider, BeyondTrust Inc., informed Treasury of the breach on Dec. 8, according to the letter, which was reviewed by Bloomberg.
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Chinese threat actors hacked the US Treasury
The cybersecurity firm, BeyondTrust, was the first to become aware of the breach, alerting the Treasury Department on December 8th. According to the Treasury, the hackers broke into employee ...
TechRadar25d
US Treasury declares ‘major incident’ after apparent state-sponsored Chinese hack
The US Treasury has confirmed it suffered a breach The compromise came through third party systems BeyondTrust China have denied any involvement The US Treasury Department has confirmed that ...
The Hacker News25d
Chinese APT Exploits BeyondTrust API Key to Access U.S. Treasury Systems and Documents
"On December 8, 2024, Treasury was notified by a third-party software service provider, BeyondTrust, that a threat actor had gained access to a key used by the vendor to secure a cloud-based service ...
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China-linked hackers target US Treasury through compromised software provider in cyber attack
According to a letter sent to Congress, Chinese state-sponsored hackers accessed sensitive Treasury data through a compromised cloud-based service provided by BeyondTrust Inc. While the department ...