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US Treasury says it was hacked by China in 'major incident' (www.bbc.com)

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A Chinese state-sponsored hacker has broken into the US Treasury Department's systems, accessing employee workstations and some unclassified documents, American officials said on Monday.

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[–] plz1 7 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

You never hear about the US hacking China or Russia at the state level. Is the US that good, or just not playing?

[–] deus 11 points 3 weeks ago

Would China or Russia ever admit that they were hacked? I'm actually surprised the US said it, doesn't seem like something you'd want regular people to be aware of.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago

There was stuxnet so they can be that good

I personally think there’s a lot of US backdoors in hardware and software distributed around the world, so it’s possible the US doesn’t need to be as active in hacking targets.