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US targets China-linked individual over Treasury hack
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Washington, Jan 17 (AFP) Jan 17, 2025
The United States sanctioned a person close to China's Ministry of State Security on Friday whom it accused of being involved in a recent hack of the Treasury Department.

In a statement, the US Treasury said Yin Kecheng "was associated with the recent compromise of the Department of the Treasury's Departmental Offices network."

Yin Kecheng, it added, had been a "cyber actor" for more than a decade and was affiliated with China's Ministry of State Security (MSS).

The Treasury's move comes just a few days before US President Joe Biden makes way for President-elect Donald Trump, and follows an earlier US determination that a Chinese state-sponsored actor had been behind the breach.

"The Treasury Department will continue to use its authorities to hold accountable malicious cyber actors who target the American people, our companies, and the United States government, including those who have targeted the Treasury Department specifically," deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo said.

In addition to the sanctions against Yin Kecheng, the Treasury Department also announced sanctions against Sichuan Juxinhe Network Technology Co., "a Sichuan-based cybersecurity company with direct involvement in the Salt Typhoon cyber group."

The Salt Typhoon group "recently compromised the network infrastructure of multiple major US telecommunication and internet service provider companies," the Treasury statement noted.

The group reportedly used that access to target senior US politicians including Donald Trump, vice president-elect JD Vance and people close to the outgoing vice president Kamala Harris.


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