A disclosure notice to the United States Congress on Monday revealed that the US Treasury Department suffered a breach earlier this month that allowed hackers to remotely access some Treasury computers and “certain unclassified documents.”The attackers exploited vulnerabilities in remote tech support software provided by the identity and access management firm BeyondTrust, and Treasury said in its letter to lawmakers that “the incident has been attributed to a China state-sponsored Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) actor.” Reuters first reported the disclosure and its contents.In the notice, Treasury officials said that BeyondTrust…
