The original post: /r/cryptocurrency by /u/troythedefender on 2024-12-30 23:05:19.

Original URL: https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/us-treasury-says-computers-hacked-chinese-threat-actor-rcna185809?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&_branch_referrer=H4sIAAAAAAAAAwXB2w6CIAAA0L%2FprbT7bHPNLFvaRSmT%2BeIA8TIRDV0oD3175xR933Y7TeOYcCq7GWrbGSt5pX3JawGAZ3g%2B3meYsDI1LzKGhY7zexFHun17nSwLzGEgCRlSqs6R0bhyzD%2FbcYBqUFncBZvYfx7bub5UR%2FiYMuJcRc1c8vZOlwTROkk9XuvPcAUQ%2BgLbUfAQTtf55CdoRoUoeZ5g0ciOCtNBhOKmqf7%2BcjCcsAAAAA%3D%3D&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1XQwccxdezGW9oJwygq7yxXzxzfZsQ6ZPSDp103zDXO-lcFLrmlJcVKEI_aem_dKnm0SU4RaavRCFzXBU-5g&_branch_match_id=1301146658454251058

Hardikar wrote that the U.S. Treasury was told by “a third-party software service provider, BeyondTrust, that a threat actor had gained access to a key used by the vendor to secure a cloud-based service used to remotely provide technical support for Treasury Departmental Offices (DO) end users.”