Washington — The U.S. Treasury department on Friday sanctioned Singaporean Yin Kechen and cybersecurity company Sichuan Juxinhe Network Technology Co., accusing both of being involved in a series of hacks against American telecom companies. 
The intrusions, known under the name "Salt Typhoon," have allegedly exposed a huge swathe of Americans' call logs to Chinese spies and rattled the U.S. intelligence community. In some cases, the hackers are …

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The Biden administration on Friday made one final push to expose what officials say is a rampant Chinese cyber-espionage campaign by identifying a company and a person allegedly behind a pair of damaging hacks aimed at senior US officials.

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The Biden administration sanctioned a hacker and cybersecurity company over their suspected links to a breach of the U.S. Treasury Department and China's Typhoon hacking groups, respectively.

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By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration on Friday made one final push to expose what officials say is a rampant Chinese cyber-espionage campaign by identifying a company and a person allegedly behind a pair of damaging hacks aimed at senior US officials. The goal is to “impose real costs” on hackers who “seek to undermine our democratic processes and ultimately our way of life,” as senior US official told CNN. But limiting China’s …

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The U.S. Treasury Department announced on Friday (January 17) that it would impose sanctions on Chinese companies directly related to the Chinese hacker group "Salt Typhoon". The hacker group recently attacked the infrastructure of several major U.S. telecommunications companies, which was part of a series of Chinese cyber espionage activities that shocked the U.S. government last year.

美國財政部週五（1月17日）宣布，制裁與中共黑客組織「鹽颱風」（Salt Typhoon）直接相關的中國公司。該黑客組織近期攻擊了多家美國主要電信公司的基礎設施，是去年震驚美國政府的一系列中共網絡間諜活動中的一起。

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The United States on Jan. 17 sanctioned a Chinese cyber actor and a cybersecurity firm, accusing both of aiding the recent hack into the Treasury Department and the intrusion into major U.S. telecom providers.
The Chinese cyber actor identified is Yin Kecheng, a decade-long hacker from Shanghai who officials said is affiliated with the top Chinese espionage agency, the Ministry of State Security.
The sanction also applies to Sichuan Juxinhe Netw…

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US Treasury sanctions Chinese company over Salt Typhoon hack

American officials on Friday slapped a Chinese company and a man affiliated with China's Ministry of State Security with sanctions for their roles in cyber attacks in December.

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Chinese entities sanctioned over roles in American cyber attacks

The US sanctioned Yin Kecheng, linked to China's MSS, for hacking the Treasury Department, and Sichuan Juxinhe Network Technology Co., tied to Salt Typhoon, for targeting US telecoms and politicians like Donald Trump and Kamala Harris.

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