Chinese hackers attack US Finance Ministry: Red alarm level!

The US finance ministry was the goal of a cyber attack, which according to its own information was carried out by a Chinese player. The incident was reported on December 8 by a software company. A hacker could gain access to a security key that enabled him to access certain work stations of the Ministry of Finance and not secret documents.

The Ministry of Finance is currently working with the FBI, secret services and other investigators to determine the effects of the attack. It was reported that the ministry was accessed to "several" user workplaces. There are currently no signs that the Chinese player continues to have access to this data. The Ministry has received the instructions to submit an additional report on the incident within 30 days.

background of the cyber attacks

The United States has accused China for years to carry out state -controlled hacker attacks, which is vehemently contested by the Chinese side. The Situation is not new; Chinese hackers were already entering the systems of at least eight US telecommunications providers at the beginning of December to spy on high-ranking politicians. In addition, it became known in October that allegedly Chinese hackers of the then presidential candidate Donald Trump and his vice J.D. Vance had targeted. The environment of the election campaign team of the democratic candidate Kamala Harris and other high -ranking members of the Joe Biden government were also affected by attacks, such as Spiegel reported.