US Treasury says Chinese hackers stole documents in 'major incident'

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Reportedly stole documents from workstations.

US Treasury says Chinese hackers stole documents in 'major incident'
Chinese state-sponsored hackers broke into the US Treasury Department earlier this month and stole documents from its workstations. According to a letter to lawmakers provided to Reuters, hackers compromised a third-party cyber security service provider and were able to access unclassified ...

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