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The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced today it has criminally charged 12 Chinese nationals it says are behind attacks that hit more than 100 US organizations, including the Treasury, in a string of attacks going as far back as 2013. The DOJ accuses the people of carrying out their attacks either on their own or…
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Silk Typhoon APT caught using IT supply chain entry points to conduct reconnaissance, siphon data, and move laterally on victim networks. The post China Hackers Behind US Treasury Breach Caught Targeting IT Supply Chain appeared first on SecurityWeek.
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury has intensified its global campaign against darknet-facilitated drug trafficking by sanctioning Behrouz Parsarad, the Iran-based administrator of the notorious Nemesis Marketplace. The move, announced on March 5, 2025, follows a 2024 international law enforcement operation that dismantled the platform, which enabled over $30 million in illicit drug sales—including synthetic…
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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Oracle Banking Treasury Management 14.5/14.6/14.7. This affects an unknown part of the component Infra Code. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2022-45693. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.
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New court documents shed light on what a 25-year-old DOGE employee named Marko Elez did inside Treasury Department payment systems. They also provide extensive new details about which systems Elez accessed, the security precautions Treasury IT staff took to limit his access and activity, and what changes he made to the systems. The documents indicate…
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A federal judge temporarily blocked Elon Musk’s DOGE from accessing Treasury Department records containing personal information like Social Security numbers early this morning, reports Inner City Press. The order is in response to a lawsuit filed yesterday in New York’s Southern District Court. The suit alleges that the administration exceeded its authority, broke the US…
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An internal email reviewed by WIRED calls DOGE staff’s access to federal payments systems “the single biggest insider threat risk the Bureau of the Fiscal Service has ever faced.”
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Department of Justice lawyers proposed on Wednesday night temporarily restricting the Elon Musk-headed Department of Government Efficiency’s access to sensitive Treasury payment system information.Why it matters: The proposed order that would limit to two Treasury Department employees affiliated with DOGE “read only” access to the data comes in response to a lawsuit that seeks to…
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US Sen. Ron Wyden warns of national security risks after Elon Musk ’s DOGE was given full access to sensitive Treasury systems. Sen. Ron Wyden warned of national security risks after Elon Musk ’s team, Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), was granted full access to a sensitive U.S. Treasury payments system. Sen. Ron Wyden stated…
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There’s a dark joke in cybersecurity: each year ends with an unwelcome holiday surprise—a major security incident. This timing isn’t random. Threat actors target this timing, knowing security teams operate with skeleton crews that impact detection, investigation and response times. It’s a calculated strategy that works reliably, year after year. And now there’s another holiday…
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The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has imposed sanctions against a Chinese cybersecurity company and a Shanghai-based cyber actor for their alleged links to the Salt Typhoon group and the recent compromise of the federal agency. “People’s Republic of China-linked (PRC) malicious cyber actors continue to target U.S. government systems, including…
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The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned the leader of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) on Thursday, emphasizing its commitment to end the current military conflict in Sudan. OFAC sanctioned SAF Commander Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, stating that the leader is “choosing war over good-faith negotiation and de-escalation.” OFAC also…
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Scott Bessent, President-elect Trump’s pick for Treasury, will tell the Senate Finance Committee at his confirmation hearing Thursday that he sees “a generational opportunity to unleash a new economic golden age that will create more jobs, wealth and prosperity for all Americans.”Why it matters: The South Carolina billionaire is respected on Wall Street and has…
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In a virtual meeting with China’s Vice Premier He Lifeng, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen expressed serious concern regarding alleged malicious cyber activities perpetrated by actors sponsored by the People’s Republic of China.
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A group of Amazon shareholders has urged the company to diversify its treasury holdings by allocating at least 5% of its assets to Bitcoin.
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The price of Tornado Cash’s TORN token skyrocketed to a two-year high after a US federal appeals court ruled that the US Treasury Department’s sanctions on the platform were unlawful.
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The Blockchain Association, a nonprofit representing crypto and blockchain businesses in the U.S., sent a letter to president-elect Donald Trump and Congress on Friday. In the letter signed by Blockchain Association CEO Kristin Smith, the organization outlined five priorities for the first 100 days of Trump’s administration.
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Experts describe Scott Bessent as a credible, safe pick for US Treasury secretary – Copyright AFP Holmes CHAN