A recent cyberattack on the United States Department of Treasury has raised serious concerns about the security of sensitive government data. Chinese hackers infiltrated the Treasury’s computer systems,

Chinese state-backed hackers, tracked as Silk Typhoon, have been linked to the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) hack in early December.

The US has issued sanctions against an individual and a company involved in recent high-profile compromises of government officials by Chinese state-affiliated hackers