A Chinese state-sponsored hacker has broken into the US Treasury Department’s systems, accessing employee workstations and some unclassified documents, American officials said on Monday.

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    7 days ago

    You never hear about the US hacking China or Russia at the state level. Is the US that good, or just not playing?

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      Would China or Russia ever admit that they were hacked? I’m actually surprised the US said it, doesn’t seem like something you’d want regular people to be aware of.

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      7 days ago

      There was stuxnet so they can be that good

      I personally think there’s a lot of US backdoors in hardware and software distributed around the world, so it’s possible the US doesn’t need to be as active in hacking targets.