US sanctions Chinese cybersecurity firm

The US slapped sanctions on a Chinese cybersecurity company and one of its employees Tuesday, accusing it of compromising more than 80,000 firewalls in a 2020 attack. The US Treasury Department said in a statement that it had sanc

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Published 11 December 2024, 8:00 · Updated 18:11

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The US slapped sanctions on a Chinese cybersecurity company and one of its employees Tuesday, accusing it of compromising more than 80,000 firewalls in a 2020 attack.

The US Treasury Department said in a statement that it had sanctioned Sichuan Silence Information Technology Company and an employee named Guan Tianfeng over the April 2020 attack, which targeted firewalls around the world, including US critical infrastructure.

US sanctions Chinese cybersecurity firm

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