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US Treasury Department Admits It Got Hacked by China
The US Treasury Department has been compromised in a massive cybersecurity breach, officials revealed on Friday. According to reports, hackers from China breached nine US telecoms companies, including the Treasury Department.
“We wouldn’t leave our homes, our offices, unlocked and yet our critical infrastructure—the private companies owning and operating our critical infrastructure—often do not have the basic cybersecurity practices in place that would make our infrastructure riskier, costlier, and harder for countries and criminals to attack,” said Anne Neuberger, deputy national security adviser for cyber and emerging technology.
The extent of the breach is still unclear, but according to some sources, it could be even more significant than initially thought. “I expect the impact to be more significant than access to just a few unclassified documents,” said Hunter Strategy’s Williams.
It has been reported that the Treasury Department will provide further details on the incident in their mandated 30-day supplemental notification report.
Source: http://www.wired.com
