The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned Integrity Technology Group, Inc. for its alleged role in hacking incidents targeting critical U.S. infrastructure, including the Flax Typhoon campaign.
The U.S. Treasury sanctioned a Beijing-based cybersecurity company, Integrity Technology Group, Inc., for its alleged involvement in multiple hacking incidents targeting critical U.S. infrastructure. The Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control imposed sanctions on Friday, citing the company's role in attacks including the Flax Typhoon campaign, a Chinese state-sponsored operation. This action follows a recent incident where Chinese hackers accessed several U.S.
Treasury Department workstations and unclassified documents. The Treasury Department discovered the breach on December 8th when BeyondTrust, a third-party software service provider, alerted them to the theft of a key used to secure a cloud-based technical support service. Acting Under Secretary Bradley Smith stated that the U.S. will continue to disrupt cyber threats and strengthen public and private sector defenses. The sanctions restrict access to U.S. assets and financial institutions, barring the targeted entity from conducting business with Americans. This development comes amidst ongoing concerns over the Salt Typhoon campaign, a massive Chinese cyberespionage operation that compromised private communications of an unknown number of Americans
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