U.S. Treasury: Chinese hackers stole documents in 'major incident'

Unclassified information accessed after third-party vendor compromised

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The Treasury Department said it was working with the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the FBI to assess the hack's impact. © Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- Chinese state-sponsored hackers breached the U.S. Treasury Department's computer security guardrails this month and stole documents in what Treasury called a "major incident," according to a letter to lawmakers that Treasury officials provided to Reuters on Monday.

The hackers compromised third-party cybersecurity service provider BeyondTrust and were able to access unclassified documents, the letter said.

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