Chinese hackers breach US Treasury; Third-party alert triggers cybersecurity probe – Times of India

The US treasury department revealed on Monday that Chinese hackers managed to access several workstations and unclassified documents by breaching a third-party software service provider. The attack occurred earlier this month and is now being investigated as a major cybersecurity incident.The Treasury did not reveal how many workstations were accessed or what documents were stolen,…

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Chinese hackers target US telecoms in major cyber-espionage operation: Report – Times of India

A major cyber-espionage campaign linked to Chinese state-sponsored hackers has targeted several US telecommunications companies, including T-Mobile, Reuters reported quoting the Wall Street Journal.The FBI and the cybersecurity and infrastructure security agency (CISA) issued a joint statement revealing that hackers, believed to be affiliated with the Chinese government, compromised the networks of multiple telecom providers….

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Chinese hackers breached US court wiretap systems: Report – Times of India

Chinese hackers accessed the networks of US broadband providers and obtained information from systems the federal govt uses for court-authorised wiretapping, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday. Verizon Communications, AT&T and Lumen Technologies are among the telecoms companies whose networks were breached by the recently discovered intrusion, the newspaper said, citing people familiar with…

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