🇨🇳Details of China's cyberattack on U.S. Treasury
On December 30, the U.S. Treasury reported a cyberattack carried out by Chinese hackers through a vulnerability in third-party software, BeyondTrust
🔐 The attackers gained access to a key used to secure the Treasury’s cloud service, allowing them to remotely access workstations and unclassified documents
👀 Although the service was shut down and there is no evidence of continued access, the incident highlighted vulnerabilities in government systems reliant on third-party vendors