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Chinese government hackers reportedly targeted US Treasury's sanctions office during December cyberattack | TechCrunch

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State-sponsored hackers targeted the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) OFAC is a government department that imposes economic and trade sanctions against countries and individuals.

OFAC also breached the Treasury Department’s Office of Financial Research and Office of the Treasury Secretary.

The cyberattack was discovered on December 8 when a third -party software provider alerted the agency to a cybersecurity incident.

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