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Chinese hackers infiltrated US Treasury Secretary's PC — attackers had access to over 400 PCs


Hundreds of other PCs too.

However, according to Bloomberg, the infiltration was more severe than initially reported, as hackers managed to access systems belonging to Secretary Janet Yellen and other top officials. As detailed in the Treasury report, the attackers gained access to "law enforcement sensitive" information, including materials related to investigations conducted by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). The attackers gathered usernames, passwords, and documents related to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) from unclassified systems.

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