(ReclaimingAmerica.net) – Potentially compromising sensitive financial data and national security, Chinese hackers have massively infiltrated the U.S. Treasury Department.
This brazen cyberattack, linked to state-sponsored efforts by the Chinese Communist Party, exposes the vulnerability of the government systems.
It also raises alarming questions about the Biden administration’s ability to protect America’s critical infrastructure from foreign threats.
The breach, described as a “major incident” in official communications to lawmakers, occurred through a compromised third-party cybersecurity service provider.
Chinese hackers managed to access a key used by the vendor to secure a cloud-based service, bypassing security protocols and gaining unauthorized entry into Treasury workstations.
This security failure highlights the risks of relying on external cybersecurity firms and underscores the need for stricter measures to safeguard the nation’s vital data.
The Treasury Department, now scrambling to assess the damage, is working with the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the FBI.
However, their silence on the matter raises concerns about the true extent of the breach and what sensitive information may have fallen into the hands of our adversaries.
“Treasury takes very seriously all threats against our systems, and the data it holds,” the department said.
It continued, “Over the last four years, Treasury has significantly bolstered its cyber defence, and we will continue to work with both private and public sector partners to protect our financial system from threat actors.”
While the Treasury claimed there is currently no evidence of ongoing unauthorized access, the damage has already been done. Unclassified documents were stolen, and the full impact of this breach remains unknown.
Moreover, the Biden administration’s soft stance on China has emboldened its adversaries, leading to increasingly bold and sophisticated cyberattacks on American institutions.
This breach of the Department is just the latest in a string of cyber intrusions targeting critical U.S. infrastructure and government agencies.
The silence from BeyondTrust, the cybersecurity provider that alerted the Treasury about the hack, as well as CISA and the FBI, is deafening.
Although the Treasury has asserted that it has enhanced its cyber defenses over the past four years, this incident clearly demonstrates that these measures are insufficient against the determined efforts of Chinese state-sponsored hackers.
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