China says claims a state-sponsored actor was behind cyber breach earlier this month are ‘groundless’Beijing has hit back at accusations that a China state-sponsored actor was behind a <a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/30/china-treasury-cyberattack”>cyber breach at the US treasury department, calling the claims “groundless”.The breach was orchestrated via a third-party cybersecurity service provider. Hackers were able to gain access to a key used by the vendor to override certain parts of the system, according to a letter the treasury department sent to lawmakers on Monday that was reviewed by the Guardian. <a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/dec/31/beijing-denies-involvement-in-us-treasury-cyber-attack”>Continue reading…
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