(Reuters) – A Chinese state-sponsored actor was behind a cyberattack of the U.S. Treasury Department, resulting in access to some of its workstations, Agence France-Presse reported on Monday, citing a letter to Congress.
The Treasury Department did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
(Reporting by Akash Sriram in Bengaluru; Editing by Shinjini Ganguli)
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