US cyber watchdog says no indication breach at Treasury hit different federal businesses

By Raphael Satter

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. cyber watchdog company CISA stated on Monday there was “no indication” the just lately reported breach on the U.S. Treasury Division had affected another federal company.

Late final month the U.S. Treasury reported that an unspecified variety of computer systems had been compromised by Chinese language hackers following a breach at contractor BeyondTrust, which offers cybersecurity providers.

BeyondTrust stated final month {that a} restricted variety of purchasers had been affected however has not elaborated.

“Because the forensic investigation is ongoing, BeyondTrust is unable to verify the opposite prospects who might or might not have been impacted,” the corporate stated in an electronic mail on Monday.

The Washington Submit has reported that the hackers breached the U.S. Treasury workplace that administers financial sanctions, aiming particularly to steal details about Chinese language entities that the U.S. authorities could be contemplating designating for monetary sanctions.

Republican lawmakers have demanded a briefing concerning the breach, which is the most recent in a sequence of intrusions blamed on Beijing.

Liu Pengyu, spokesperson for the Chinese language Embassy in Washington, has beforehand described the Treasury hack experiences as “irrational” and represented “smear assaults” in opposition to China.