Chinese cyberspies targeted several offices, including ones dealing with foreign investments and sanctions, in the recent cyberattack aimed at the US Treasury Department. It’s unclear how many systems and what types of documents were compromised, but the US government said the attackers managed to gain access to unclassified information after accessing Treasury workstations. According to CNN, officials are concerned that China may be able to piece together the compromised unclassified information to gain useful intelligence. The revelations come just days after the Treasury announced sanctions against a Beijing-based cybersecurity company for its alleged role in hacking incidents targeting critical US infrastructure. The US cybersecurity agency CISA said last week that there was no evidence that federal agencies other than the Treasury Department were impacted by this incident. 

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