A spokesperson for the Chinese embassy in Washington DC told Reuters that China strongly rejects any responsibility in the ordeal.
The Chinese government has denied responsibility after a threat actor breached employee workstations at the US Treasury earlier this month, allowing it to remotely access certain “unclassified” documents.
United States Treasury officials told lawmakers in a Dec. 30 letter that they were informed of the “major incident” by a third-party software service provider BeyondTrust on Dec. 8, according to reports.
“Based on available indicators, the incident has been attributed to a Chinese state-sponsored Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) actor,” said Aditi Hardikar, Assistant Secretary for Management at the US Treasury, in a letter obtained by TechCrunch and other outlets, including CNN.
