CISA says there is no sign of wider government hacking outside the Treasury

This was reported by the US Cyber ​​Security and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). in a brief statement On Monday, there was “no indication” that any other US federal agency had been hacked in the latest cyber attack on the US Treasury Department in December.

The The Treasury confirmed the breach on December 30told top US lawmakers, attributing the hack to hackers backed by the Chinese government. in a letter that hackers had remote access to Treasury employees’ workstations and access to unclassified documents. The hackers obtained a private key from BeyondTrust, one of the technology vendors the department uses for remote technical support, the letter said. It is not yet clear how the BeyondTrust key was stolen. Last week, The Washington Post reported that hackers specifically targeted the Treasury’s global sanctions office.

A Chinese government spokesman in Washington previously denied the allegations.

In a statement Monday, CISA said Treasury “continues to monitor the situation and coordinate with appropriate federal authorities to ensure a comprehensive response” following the cyberattack.