2024-12-31
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from the new York Times, it's the Headlines.
I'm Tracy Mumford.
Today's Tuesday, December 31st.
Here's what we're covering
the U.S. treasury Department says it was hacked by a Chinese intelligence agency,
calling it a major cybersecurity incident.
In a letter to lawmakers yesterday, the department said it learned about the incident earlier this month.
The hackers were able to get remote access to some employees, computers and unclassified documents.
It's not clear what they did with that access, but senior U.S.
officials tell the Times it appears to be an espionage operation.
The Treasury Department keeps sensitive data about global financial systems,
including estimates about China's own economy, which has been struggling.
It also implements sanctions, including against some Chinese firms who are helping Russia in its war against Ukraine.
Chinese officials have long denied any government role in hacking,
but the treasury breach is the latest in a series of incidents that the US Says China is behind in.
One of the most far reaching and damaging of those incidents,
a Chinese intelligence group hacked into US Telecom firms this year,
getting access to text messages and phone conversations.
Investigators say phone lines used by Donald Trump, J.D.
vance and others were targeted, though it's not clear what,