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Treasury department’s senior leaders were targeted by hacking
The Treasury Department ranks among the most highly protected corners of the government because of its responsibility for market-moving economic decisions, communications with the Federal Reserve and economic sanctions against adversaries. December 22, 2020 9:09:20 am
FILE - Gen. Paul Nakasone testifies during a hearing with the House Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 4, 2020. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The New York Times)
Written by David E. Sanger and Alan Rappeport
The Russian hackers who penetrated United States government agencies broke into the email system used by the Treasury Department’s most senior leadership, a Democratic member of the Senate Finance Committee said Monday, the first detail of how deeply Moscow burrowed into the Trump administration’s networks.
Posted by Scott Lucas | Dec 22, 2020 |
The headquarters of Russia’s intelligence service SVR
UPDATE, DEC 22: Russian hackers who attacked US agencies broke into the e-mail system used by the Treasury Department’s senior leadership, according to Sen. Ron Wyden.
Wyden, a member of the Senate Finance Committee, spoke after a briefing on Monday by Treaasury officials: “The agency suffered a serious breach, beginning in July, the full depth of which isn’t known.”
Wyden said the attacked hacked the e-mail system by manipulating internal software keys and compromised “dozens of e-mail accounts”. The Treasury learned of the attack from Microsoft, which runs much of the deaprtment’s communications software.
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