WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 (AP) – The U.S. Treasury on Friday sanctioned a Beijing-based cybersecurity company for its alleged role in multiple hacking incidents targeting U.S. infrastructure.

The Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control on Friday morning targeted Integrity Technology Group Inc. with sanctions over multiple hacks against U.S. victims, including incidents attributed to FlexTyphoon, which was allegedly sponsored by the Chinese state. The campaign targets US critical infrastructure.

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The sanctions come days after the Treasury reported that Chinese hackers gained remote access to several US Treasury Department workstations and declassified documents in a major cyber security incident.

The Treasury Department said it became aware of the issue on Dec. 8, when BeyondTrust, a third-party software service provider, flagged that hackers had stolen a key that “secures a cloud-based service through a vendor.” is used to provide remote technical support”. workers.

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Friday’s restrictions do not appear to be related to the Dec. 8 Treasury hack.

Acting Under Secretary of the Treasury Bradley Smith said the US will disrupt cyber threats “as we continue to work collaboratively to strengthen the cyber defenses of the public and private sector”.

The sanctions prevent access to US assets and bank accounts and prevent targeted people and companies from doing business with Americans.

US officials have been reeling from the fallout from a Chinese cyber-espionage campaign known as Salt Typhoon that gave officials in Beijing access to the private texts and phone conversations of an unknown number of Americans. (AP)

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