Silk Typhoon
Treasury hackers also breached US foreign investments review office
Silk Typhoon Chinese state-backed hackers have reportedly breached a Treasury Department office that reviews foreign investments for national security risks. CNN reported on Friday, citing U.S. officials familiar with the matter, that the attackers gained access to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) systems. The CFIUS is a government office and interagency committee […]
US Treasury hack linked to Silk Typhoon Chinese state hackers
Chinese state-backed hackers, tracked as Silk Typhoon, have been linked to the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) hack in early December. Last month, GeekFeed reported that the Treasury disclosed a significant cybersecurity incident. The attackers used a stolen Remote Support SaaS API key to compromise a BeyondTrust instance used by the Treasury, allowing them to […]